—Epistle, Common of a Holy Abbot From Ecclesiasticus 45:1-6
“Beloved of God and men, whose memory is in benediction. He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and showed him His glory. He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh. For He heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud. And He gave him commandments before His face, and a law of life and instruction.”
—Epistle, Common of a Holy Abbot
From Ecclesiasticus 45:1-6