Help Indentifying St. John Chrysostom Quote

[Deo_Gratias42]

I’m trying to locate the source of a quote I heard in a homily. It’s from St. John Chrysostom, which I presume was taken from one of his many sermons. I’ve tried Googling it, but nothing comes up, and I am no scholar when it comes to the writings of the Church Fathers.

It’s:

He who lives a worthy life draws this grace upon his self. And whoever receives such graces, receives them that he may help others amend their lives.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[RoseMary131]

I’m trying to locate the source of a quote I heard in a homily. It’s from St. John Chrysostom, which I presume was taken from one of his many sermons. I’ve tried Googling it, but nothing comes up, and I am no scholar when it comes to the writings of the Church Fathers.

It’s:

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

books.google.com/books?id=MCX6nTwu8U8C&pg=PA354&lpg=PA354&dq=He+who+lives+a+worthy+life+draws+this+grace+upon+his+self.+And+whoever+receives+such+graces,+received+them+that+he+may+help+others+amend+their+lives.&source=bl&ots=3fOUXYrlc3&sig=vPtP9WOLuOy9WQ1xwQRfHwSv_mU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LBMDUZXTLqae2gWZooDoBA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=He%20who%20lives%20a%20worthy%20life%20draws%20this%20grace%20upon%20his%20self.%20And%20whoever%20receives%20such%20graces%2C%20received%20them%20that%20he%20may%20help%20others%20amend%20their%20lives.&f=false

The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers, Volume 1
edited by M. F. Toal

 

[Khalid]

It is from a Homily of Chrysostom on John (or, maybe, Matthew), called, I believe, the 47th Homily of Chrysostom on the Gospel of John (which is about the Eucharist, mainly: the line above sounds like a line from one of Chrysostom’s Eucharistic homily-commentaries on John). I’m not certain, however, and, after looking at the above book, the page where the source is given, is not present.

I’ve read almost all of the 38-volume Early Church Fathers series, but not nearly enough to be able to remember it or quote it chapter and verse. I believe it’s in there somewhere, but I may be confused, as Chrysostom speaks quite a bit on the reception of grace.

 

[Deo_Gratias42]

books.google.com/books?id=MCX6nTwu8U8C&pg=PA354&lpg=PA354&dq=He+who+lives+a+worthy+life+draws+this+grace+upon+his+self.+And+whoever+receives+such+graces,+received+them+that+he+may+help+others+amend+their+lives.&source=bl&ots=3fOUXYrlc3&sig=vPtP9WOLuOy9WQ1xwQRfHwSv_mU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LBMDUZXTLqae2gWZooDoBA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=He%20who%20lives%20a%20worthy%20life%20draws%20this%20grace%20upon%20his%20self.%20And%20whoever%20receives%20such%20graces%2C%20received%20them%20that%20he%20may%20help%20others%20amend%20their%20lives.&f=false

The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers, Volume 1
edited by M. F. Toal

Thanks! Interestingly enough, it was the sermon from the 6th Sunday after Epiphany that I heard it.

Now that I keep reading this sermon, the more it resembles the sermon I heard, almost word for word…I feel deceived…yet glad that I’m getting the meaty sermons.

 

[Khalid]

Priests reciting the sermons of the Church Fathers means you’re getting a damn good, orthodox sermon on weighty matters, unlike some of the pablum that’s proclaimed from the pulpit.