About the fact that it is hard to despise God’s love for mankind. It was said after reading the parable of the ten talents. And against the Jews, on the occasion of an earthquake.

The generosity of the Master’s love for mankind, which you have now heard about, granted sinners great remission of debts—up to ten thousand talents of sins. But many often, sinning against the Master’s goodness and making bad use of her gifts, turn this wealth of philanthropy into a source of punishment for themselves. Meanwhile, God, not due to some extravagance in mercies and not under the influence of a painful disorder of generosity, shows the wealth of his love for mankind, but in order to shame people with the abundance of his gifts; when He sees that all the outpourings of His love for mankind are in vain, He closes the sources of blessings, holds back the flows of love for mankind, and ceases to do good. How many blessings He once poured out like rain on the Jewish people, but when He saw that they were powerless to give the fruits of gratitude, as if fed up with their ingratitude, He exclaimed: “They are a burden for Me” (“Mi was quickly satisfied”) (Is. 1:14)! “My love for you has finally become exhausted,” He says, “I am tired of doing good to you: you are a burden to Me!” It is quite clear that the end of God’s long-suffering towards the Jews has come: all methods for their correction turned out to be invalid... Creations attributed to St. John Chrysostom, and classified in the Minya edition as Spuria. You might be interested in: