Day 181 - 2 Chronicles 33-34

I know of a fifth baptism also, which is that of tears and takes much more work. It is received by one who washes his bed every night and his couch with tears; [Psa 6:6.]whose bruises sting through his wickedness; [Psa 37:5.] and who goes about mourning and is of a sad disposition. It is received by one who imitates the repentance of Manasseh [2Ch 33:12.] and the humiliation of the Ninevites [Jhn 3:7-10.] upon whom God had mercy; who utters the words of the Publican in the Temple, and is justified rather than the stiff-necked Pharisee; [Luk 18:13.] who like the Canaanite woman bends down and asks for mercy and crumbs, the food of a dog that is very hungry. [Mat 15:27.]—St Gregory the Theologian