St. Athanasius

Man’s body has acquired something great through its communion and union with the Word. ­ —St. Athanasius

The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receive” God’s gift. Rather he deified what he put on; and, more than that, he bestowed this gift upon the race of men. — St. Athanasius

And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity. — from the Athanasian Creed

The psalms seem to me to be like a mirror, in which one can see himself and the stirrings of his own heart; he can recite them against the background of his own emotions. — St. Athanasius

For he was made man that we might be made God. — St. Athanasius

The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. — St. Athanasius

The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receive” God’s gift. Rather he deified what he put on; and, more than that, he bestowed this gift upon the race of men. — St. Athanasius

For man is by nature afraid of death and of the dissolution of the body; but there is this most startling fact, that he who has put on the faith of the cross despises even what is naturally fearful, and for Christ’s sake is not afraid of…

Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church For God has not only made us out of nothing, but he gave us freely, by the grace of the Word, a life in correspondence with God. — St. Athanasius

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receive” God’s gift. Rather he deified what he put on; and, more than that, he bestowed this gift upon the race of men. — St.…