Let
us then serve Him in fear, and with all reverence, even as He Himself
has commanded us, and as the apostles who preached the Gospel unto
us, and the prophets who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Lord
[have alike taught us]. Let us be zealous in the pursuit of that
which is good, keeping ourselves from causes of offense, from false
brethren, and from those who in hypocrisy bear the name of the Lord,
and draw away vain men into error.
– Saint
Polycarp of Smyrna
Saint
Polycarp of Smyrna’s
patronage: Against
dysentery; against earache.
