But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up like calves of the stall.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Do not, therefore, without due consideration put your trust in the sun. It is true that it is the eye of the world, the joy of the day, the beauty of the heavens, the charm of nature and the most conspicuous creation. When you behold it, reflect on its author. When you admire it, give praise to its creator. If the sun as consort of and participant in nature is so pleasing, how much goodness is there to be found in that Sun of justice? If the sun is so swift that in its rapid course by day and night it is able to traverse all things, how great is he who is always and everywhere and fills all things with his majesty! If that which is bidden to come forth is deemed worthy of our admiration of whom we read, “Who commands the sun and it rises not!” If the sun which the succession of the seasons advances or recedes is mighty, how mighty must he be also who “when he emptied himself” that we might be able to see him, who “was the true light that enlightens every man who comes into this world!” Six Days of Creation.
