St. John Chrysostom—It is a great thing, this reading of the Scriptures! …

By Catholic Digest on February 25, 2023

It is a great thing, this reading of the Scriptures! For it is not possible ever to exhaust the mind of the Scriptures. It is a well that has no bottom.

— St. John Chrysostom

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St. John Chrysostom—It is a great thing, this reading of the Scriptures! …

It is a great thing, this reading of the Scriptures! For it is not possible ever to exhaust the mind of the Scriptures. It is a well that has no bottom.

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