Notable and Quotable

All Christ did, all he taught, was the will of God. Humility in our daily lives; an unwavering faith; a moral sense of modesty in conversation; justice in acts; mercy in deed; discipline in morals; refusal to harm others, and to be able to bear a wrong when done [to us]; to keep peace with one another; to love God with all one’s heart; to love Him because He is a Father; to fear Him because He is God; to prefer nothing whatever to Christ, because He did not prefer anything to us; to cling tenaciously to His love; to stand by His cross loyally and with courage whenever there is any conflict involving His name and honour; to exhibit in our speech the constancy of our profession [of faith]; under torture, confidence for the fight; in death, that patience whereby we are crowned;—this is what it means to want to be a fellow-heir with Christ; this is what it means to do the commandment of God; this is to do the will of the Father.

From On the Lord’s Prayer by Cyprian, Bishop  of Carthage and Martyr, d. 258