The question of whether a person can freely chart the course of their life or whether it is predetermined by fate (destiny, luck) is an age-old yet contemporary one. Are events in our lives and society the result of fate? Is God to blame for this? Why do the wicked thrive while the good typically suffer?

Is there truly fate? What role does human free will play? Would things be better if we left them to chance? What does common sense say, and what does the word of God say?

St. John Chrysostom, with his unparalleled rhetorical skill, using divine wisdom and human experience, analyzes and convincingly answers the above and other related questions in his six homilies (on fate and providence).

The positions of this great Father of the Church will certainly satisfy the modern person, who is literally bombarded by the foolish increase in the number of specialists around topics like astrology, fate, destiny, and so on. The work is complemented by 30 selected excerpts from other great Fathers.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]