And he went on, ‘I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country.'
It's easy to dismiss those who are familiar to us - how can they be better or no more, especially hard to accept growth in others if you knew them …
read moreThey were filled with awe and said to one another, 'Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.'
The wind and the sea represent the primordial chaos in Genesis 1, over which God sends forth a wind at the start of …
read moreMay God grant me to speak as he would wish
and express thoughts worthy of his gifts,
since he himself is the guide of Wisdom,
since he directs the sages.
We are indeed in his hand, we ourselves and our words,
with all our understanding, too …
read moreSimon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.
Even Peter (especially Peter?) could not know who Jesus was without divine revelation.
It is hard for so …
read moreFor there is nothing hidden but it must be disclosed, nothing kept secret except to be brought to light.
God has revealed Himself to us not so that we should keep our knowledge of Him secret but so that we could share it.
How …
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