[Officium]
S. Josephi Calasanctii Confessoris

[Lectio7]
Evangélium szent Máté Apostol kőnyvéből
!Matt 18:1-5
Azon időben odamentek Jézushoz a tanítványok és megkérdezték tőle: „Ki a legnagyobb a mennyek országában?” És így tovább.
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Homily by St John Chrysostom, Patriarch (of Constantinople.)
!60th on Matth. xviii.
Take heed, saith Jesus, that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father and that for their sake am I come, and this is the will of My Father. Hereby the Lord stirreth us up to guard and save these little ones. Thou seest how mighty are the walls which He raiseth to protect little children, and how great thought and care He hath lest they should be lost, threatening on the one hand the uttermost punishment against whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Him, (6) and promising on the other hand, the highest reward to whosoever shall receive one such little child in His Name, (5) and this His teaching He giveth both in His Own, and in His Father's Name.