Category Archives: New Testament

Thy will be done

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Administrator

….If we have an inclination towards something good we need God to carry the desire into effect… Continue reading →

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How do some fall?

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Administrator

9. Question. How do some fall after the visitation of grace? Is not Satan shown to be much the weaker? Where it is day, how can there be night?  Answer. It is not that grace is quenched or feeble; but … Continue reading →

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The Ascension

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Administrator

Luke 24:51-52 “Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.† And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,” …….on the fortieth day after the Resurrection … Continue reading →

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I am the bread of life

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Administrator

John 6:35 67. ….. In the same  way, in His unutterable and inconceivable bounty  Christ  reduces and  embodies  Himself, commingling  with  and embracing the soul  that aspires to  Him  with  faith  and  love  and, as  St  Paul  puts it  (cf. … Continue reading →

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Rise and Walk

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Administrator

“‘Walk’ means to love God with your whole heart, soul and strength [cf. Mk. 12:30], so that you may be worthy to reach the vision of Him Continue reading →

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Simeon’s Song

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Administrator

For the Son was not presented by the servant to His Father, but the servant was presented by the Son to his Lord. Continue reading →

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The Word of the Cross

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Administrator

He descended not from the Cross, not because He could not, but because He would not. For Him Whom the tyranny of death restrained not, how could the nails of the Cross restrain? Continue reading →

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Blessed are they that have not seen

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Administrator

but faith is a grace which from what is indemonstrable conducts to what is universal and simple, what is neither with matter, nor matter, nor under matter. Continue reading →

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The Logos In Scripture

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Administrator

In Scripture the Logos of God is called and actually is dew, water, spring (cf. John 4:14) and river, according to the subjective capacity of the recipient… Continue reading →

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Bread and Water

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Administrator

For the Lord embodies Himself even in meat and drink… Continue reading →

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