My dear brother in Christ, there is no task under heaven so noble, nor one so prone to weigh upon the soul, as that of a shepherd of souls. You have stood in the heat of the day, tilled ground that sometimes feels barren, and poured out your heart till it is near spent. Ah, but here is a word for you—God is your strength, not merely yesterday, nor just for tomorrow, but here and now, in this very hour of weariness.
We, however, on our side affirm that the human will is so divinely aided in the pursuit of righteousness, that (in addition to man's being created with a free-will, and in addition to the teaching by which he is instructed how he ought to live) he receives the Holy Ghost, by whom there is formed in his mind a delight in, and a love of, that supreme and unchangeable good which is God, even now while he is still walking by faith and not yet by sight; 2 Corinthians 5:7 in order that by this gift to him of the earnest, as it were, of the free gift, he may conceive an ardent desi
Question from visitor:
Hello, I want to know more about Catholicism please. Are the priests false prophets or there is a another problem inside the catholic practice? And more specifically about the Saints concept? Thank you
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THE SON DESERVES IT WELL Adapted from “A New Song to the Lamb that was Slain” by Isaac Watts
October 24—Morning—Micah 5:7
"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for the children of men."—Micah 5:7
October 23—Morning—Exodus 4:12
"Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."—Exodus 4:12
CHRIST THE FOUNTAIN FOR SIN
Adapted from “Christ the Fountain for Sin and Uncleanness” by J Hart; Chorus by W. Cowper
