Icon of St. Sisoes the Great Ascetic before the tomb of Alexander the Great

“Weep, and with tears lament when with understanding I think on death, and see how in the graves there sleeps the beauty which once for us was fashioned in the image of God, but now is shapeless, ignoble, and bare of all the graces. O how strange a thing; what is this mystery which concerns us humans? Why were we given up to decay? And why to death united in wedlock? Truly, as it is written, these things come to pass by ordinance of God”                             

                                                                                                   - St. John of Damascus

This life is but a moment. When we remember that we are bust dust and ashes, arguments and grudges dissolve - the thought of enemies dissipate. But it is Love which endures forever, therefore “Make Love your aim.” (Corinthians 14:1)