"The
law of Thy mouth, O Lord, is good unto me, I keep Thy commandments.''
Thou hast Thyself said that Thou art one with the Father. Because Peter
believed this, he received the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
without anxiety for himself forgave sins. Judas, because he believed not
this, strangled himself with the cord of his own wickedness. O the hard
stones of unbelieving words! O the unseemly cord of the betrayer, and
the still more hideous purchase-money of the Jews! O hateful money
wherewith either the just is bought for death, or sold ! Joseph was
sold, Jesus Christ was bought, the one to slavery, the Other to death. O
detestable inheritance, O deadly sale, which either sells a brother to
suffering or sets a price on the Lord to destroy Him, the Purchaser of
the salvation of all.
-- Saint Ambrose of Milan from"On the Holy Spirit, Book III"
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