For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
See the affection of this blessed one; in this way too he comforts them, when they see that he is master of his own choice, and that this is done not by man's sin, but by the dispensation of God. Why mourn ye, says he, at my death? It had been far better to have passed away long since. For to depart, he says, and to be with Christ, is very far better.
