O glutton, bent on the worship of. . .

/in , , /by

O glutton, bent on the worship of your own belly! It is better for you to cast a live coal into your stomach than the fried foods of rulers and princes.”

+ St. Isaac of Nineveh , The Ascetical Homilies, Homily 17

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