The Proletariat of God

"We can't be divided against each another, because we are neglecting ourselves. “For no one ever hates his own body, but nourishes and cherishes it.” And therefore God has given us only one home, this earth. He's distributed all things equally. He's given one sun to burn for us, has built above us one roof, the sky. He's set one table, the earth, with food for us, and another table he's given us, far better than this. Yet that one is also one. He's given us one way of birth, to us all a spiritual birth. We all have one country, heaven. We all drink the same cup. He hasn't not bestowed on the rich a more abundant and more honorable gift, nor on the poor one more stingy and sparse, but He's called all of us to the same. He's given earthly things with equal regard to all, and spiritual things too. So how can it be that we are so unequal then? It's because of the greed and the pride of the wealthy. But please no, brothers, no! Don't let this be any longer! When the affairs of the universe, which are the most urgent, bring us together, don't let us be divided by these earthly and insignificant things: I mean, by wealth and poverty, by the human way of relating, either by enemies or friends. These things are not the real thing. They're darker than shadow to those who possess the bond of love from above. Let's preserve this unbroken love, and none of those evil spirits will be able to enter in, who cause division in such perfect union. We can all, rich and poor, attain it by the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom and with whom, to the Father and the Holy Ghost, be glory, now and ever, and world without end. Amen."

This will probably be the last quote I give from John Chrysostom, since I'm already on to Augustine. Living together in love starts in the church and nowhere else. Until we can prove we love each other, what proof can we offer the world of God?