Matthew 24:20
Perhaps the word also has a riddle, so that we should pray not to depart from the body either while idle of good work — which the sabbath hints — or in unfruitfulness — which winter makes clear. For it should be noted that God did not make a winter of evils; yet we are in winter whenever the passions of the flesh dominate in us.
This is what Christ hints: that we should pray not to be in departure from the body, nor idle of the works of virtue — which the sabbath indicates — nor troubled in the worldly tumults and disturbances, which winter makes clear (Matthew 24:20).
Greek
Ἴσως καὶ αἴνιγμα ἔχει ὁ λόγος, ὥστε εὔχεσθαι ἡμᾶς μὴ ἐκδημῆσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος μήτε ἐν ἀργίᾳ ὄντας ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, ὃ ὑποσημαίνει τὸ σάββατον, μήτε ἐν ἀκαρπίᾳ, ὃ δηλοῖ χειμών· ση μειωτέον γὰρ ὅτι χειμῶνα κακῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐποίησεν, ἐν χειμῶνι δέ ἐσμεν, ὅταν τὰ πάθη τῆς σαρκὸς δυναστεύῃ ἐν ἡμῖν. Τοῦτο αἰνίττεται ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ εὔχεσθαι ἡμᾶς μὴ γενέσθαι ἐν ἐκδη μίᾳ τοῦ σώματος μήτε ἐν ἀργίᾳ ὄν τας τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργων, ὃ ὑπο σημαίνει τὸ σάββατον, μήτε ἐνο χλουμένους ἐν ταῖς βιωτικαῖς τύρ βαις τε καὶ ταραχαῖς, ὅπερ δηλοῖ ὁ χειμών.