Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights

~ Ephrem The Syrian

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This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature; it is not too difficult for us to also overthrow our evil will. Hymns of the Nativity, Hymn 1:97, pg. 74 in Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (New York: Paulist Press, 1989).

~ Ephrem The Syrian

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