[Officium]
Quinta die infra Octavam S. Laurentii

[Lectio7]
Evangélium Szt János Apostol könyvéből
!John 12:24-27
 Bizony, bizony, mondom nektek: ha a búzaszem nem hull a földbe, és nem hal el, egymaga marad, de ha elhal, sok termést hoz. Aki szereti életét, az elveszíti, de aki gyűlöli életét ebben a világban, az megmenti az örök életre. És így tovább.
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Homily by St John Chrysostom, Patriarch (of Constantinople.)
!65th on John.
Paul also, when disputing about the resurrection, hath used the same figure. What excuse then have they who believe not in the resurrection, when we see it take place every day in the case of seeds and plants, and even in (the procreative functions of) our own kind For the seed from which generation taketh place must first itself corrupt. But at the same time, when God doth anything, there is no need to look for any reason. How made He us out of nothing This I speak to Christians, who say that they believe the Scriptures.