Discord And Union

Quia autem nil sine concordia Deo placeat. Ipsa per se Veritas demonstrat, dicens: Si offers munus tuum ad altare, et ibi recordatus fueris quia frater tuus habet aliquid adversum te, relinque ibi munus tuum ad altare, et vade prius reconciliari fratri tuo, et tunc veniens offeres munus tuum. Ecce a discordantibus accipere non vult sacrificium, holocaustum suscipere recusat. Hinc ergo perpendite, quantum sit malum discordiae, propter quod et illud abjicitur, per quod culpa laxatur. Quia vero electi semper in charitate conjuncti sunt, et haec eadem eorum charitas sonum laudis reddit auctori, malignis vero spiritibus, id est antiquis suis hostibus poenam incutit timoris. Sanctus Gregorius Magnus, In Ezechielem Prophetam, Liber Primus, Homilia VIII Source: Migne PL 76.858b-c

For nothing that lacks harmony is pleasing to God. So the Truth Himself demonstrates to us, saying, 'If you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there and go be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.' 1 Behold, from those in dispute He will not accept sacrifice, and He refuses a holocaust. Whence, therefore, attend to how great may be the evil of discord, on account of which one is spurned, by which fault is increased. The elect, then, are ever joined in love and this same love of theirs is a song of praise given to the Creator, but against wicked spirits, that is, His old enemies, it strikes a fearful blow. Saint Gregory the Great, On the Prophet Ezekiel, Book 1, from Homily 8 1 Mt 5.23-24