Homilies on Hebrews
Author: first_name: St. John
last_name: Chrysostom
Language: English
Year: 1889

Let us then stretch our mind towards Heaven, let us be held fast by that desire, let us 
clothe ourselves with spiritual fire, let us gird ourselves with its flame. No man who bears 
flame fears those who meet him; be it wild beast, be it man, be it snares innumerable, so 
long as he is armed with fire, all things stand out of his way, all things retire. The flame is 
intolerable, the fire cannot be endured, it consumes all. 
With this fire let us clothe ourselves, offering up glory to our