I look upon your scattered desk / When I come into the office. / If you were here to clean the mess, / Then my mind would move off from it.
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Ep 6 – Why Did God Choose Abraham? – Book of Genesis
Why Did God Choose Abraham? - Book of Genesis. Classroom Lectures [Ambrose Bean] - Episode 6.
A Prayer
Direct as dawning, chill / And glowing, I / Know you in mind; but distant still. / Help me to spy / Your omnipresence; here ...
A Noble Aim
I have pains and sorrows just as others do. / I go to Jesus and say the words my Lord spoke to His Father in the garden, / “Take this cup from me.” / With a noble spirit I think a second thought / “Yet not my will but thine be done.”
The Limitless Power of Christ’s Sacrifice
Unlike the blood of animals, which cleansed man externally, the blood of Christ cleanses man from sin internally. If the blood of animals had the power to cleanse the flesh, the author of Hebrews writes, “how much more shall the blood of Christ..."
Wait…It’s Friday
Many of us are aware that Friday is a "day of penance" in the Church and that, for a long time, Canon Law required Catholics to abstain from meat on all Fridays. If you know this, you probably also know that the Canon changed, and Catholics are no longer bound to this practice under pain [...]