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   "For when Judas advances to kiss Him, what does Christ say? "Judas,   
   betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?" (Luke xxii. 48.) Art thou not   
   ashamed of the manner in which thou betrayest Me? This Christ said to touch   
   him, and bring his former intimacy to remembrance. But while the Lord acted   
   and spoke thus, the betrayer did not change for the better----not on   
   account of the weakness of Him from whom the counsel came, but the   
   worthlessness of him to whom it came. And Christ, although He foresaw all   
   these things, did not cease, from the beginning to the close of the scene,   
   to do all that was consistent with His own character."   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, Discourse I, Chiefly on the parable of the rich man   
   and Lazarus   
      
   "so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through   
   righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. " Romans 5:21   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)