If we are dazzled by the beauty of the sun, how much more should we be by the beauty of its Creator, the Sun of Righteousness?

St. Basil the Great says, “If the sun, subject to corruption, is so beautiful, so grand … if its grandeur is in such perfect harmony with and due proportion to the universe: if, by the

442 St. Basil of Caesarea, Hexamaeron 5.2 (NPNF II/8:76).

443 St. Basil of Caesarea, Hexamaeron 5.4 (NPNF II/8:77–78).

444 St. Basil of Caesarea, Hexamaeron 5.6 (NPNF II/8:79).

445 St. Basil of Caesarea, Hexamaeron 5.10 (NPNF II/8:81).

beauty of its nature, it shines like a brilliant eye in the middle of creation; if finally, one cannot tire of contemplating it, what will be the beauty of the Sun of Righteousness? If the blind man suffers from not seeing the material sun, what a deprivation is it for the sinner not to enjoy the true light! (cf. Mal. 4:2)”⁴⁴⁶