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"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its
strength."
- and "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie, Ten Boom (Notice what
fears and anxieties you hold and surrender them all to the care of God.) |
EPH 6:10-20; PS 144:1B, 2, 9-10 LK 13:31-35 Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said,
“Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.”
He replied, “Go and tell that fox,
‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I accomplish my purpose.
Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day,
for it is impossible that a prophet should
die
outside of Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how many times I yearned to gather your children
together
as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,
but you were unwilling!
Behold, your house will be abandoned.
But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you
say,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain, 2018 (3rd ed.) Luke 13: 31-35 (Jesus and
Herod) Though Herod was king of Galilee, he was little more than a puppet of Rome. Still feeling guilty over his murder of John the Baptist, he has decided to kill Jesus who reminds him of John. But friendly Pharisees alert Jesus to the danger. Jesus has his heart set on Jerusalem, however, and will not be denied his destiny. • What kind of man calls a king a fox? Why was Jesus unafraid of Herod? • What are some of the key secular issues of the day? How are you taking a stand?
Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) ____________ BOOK III: OF THE PROGRESS AND PERFECTION OF LOVE Chapter 4: Of holy perseverance in sacred love In this conduct which the heavenly sweetness makes of our souls, from their entry into charity until their final perfection, which is not finished but in the hour of death, consists the great gift of perseverance, to which our Saviour attaches the greatest
gift of eternal glory, according to his saying: He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved: for this gift is no other thing than the combination and sequence of the various helps, solaces and succours, whereby we continue in the love of God to the end: as the education, bringing up and supporting of a child is no other thing, than the many cares, aids, succours, and other offices necessary to a child, exercised and continued towards him till he grow to years in which he no longer
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