A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for … - Saint John Chrysostom

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It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.

Saint John Chrysostom

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. . . . For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.

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