Establish prayer, encourage what is good and forbid what is evil, and endure patiently whatever befalls you. Surely this is a resolve to aspire to. And do not turn your nose up to people, nor walk pridefully upon the earth. Surely Allah does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful. Be ...
The very first commandment of God was, in a sense, to fast;“You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (Gn 2:16)Pope Benedict quotes from Saint Bas...
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. Treasury of Scripture The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of ...
Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up; He’s calling for you.” American Standard VersionAnd Jesus stood still, and said, Call ye him. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good cheer: rise, he...
We live in a time, an age, a nation, where our culture has called good, evil, and evil, good. Where we turn our back on our weakest neighbors. We are not commanded to be silently and privately faithful in the face of this, but rather to proclaim Christ to every creature. We are ...
Catechism of the Catholic Church, p.1620: "Whoever denigrates marriage also diminishes the glory of virginity. Whoever praises it [marriage] makes virginity more admirable and resplendent. What appears good only in comparison with evil would not be truly good. The most excellent good is something...
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father ...
knowledge that I had not yet made the decision to die for Him either, and that I too had been presumptuously feeling possessive of both the house and the Lord. When I saw this great evil in my own heart I was appalled and immediately begged the Lord to destroy my evil heart with His...
13If you respect the Eternal, you willgrow todespise evil. I despise wretched, vile talk and ways of pride and arrogance. 14Goodcounsel is mine, and also true wisdom. I am understanding, and strength belongs to me. 15It’s because of me that kings wield power ...
If we can get a sense of how our harm actually creates a trajectory toward who wasnot only meant to be, but how we’re meant to offer the goodness of God in the land of the living, then we will be free not just from shame and despair, but in many ways from what...