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Therefore, casting out of our souls
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holy...@wondering.com
May 24, 2010, 8:12:12 AM5/24/10
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"Therefore, casting out of our souls all faithlessness, sloth, and
hesitation, let us draw near with all our heart, with unhesitating faith
and burning desire, like slaves who have been newly purchased with
precious blood. In deed, with reverence for the price paid on our
behalf, and with love for our Master Who paid it, and as having accepted
His love for us, let us recognize that, if He had not wished to save by
means of Himself us who have been purchased, He would not have come down
to earth, nor would He have been slain for our sake. But, as it is
written, He has done this because He wills that all should be saved.
Listen to Him say it Himself'I did not come to judge the world, but to
save the world' (Jn. 12:17)."
hesitation, let us draw near with all our heart, with unhesitating faith
and burning desire, like slaves who have been newly purchased with
precious blood. In deed, with reverence for the price paid on our
behalf, and with love for our Master Who paid it, and as having accepted
His love for us, let us recognize that, if He had not wished to save by
means of Himself us who have been purchased, He would not have come down
to earth, nor would He have been slain for our sake. But, as it is
written, He has done this because He wills that all should be saved.
Listen to Him say it Himself'I did not come to judge the world, but to
save the world' (Jn. 12:17)."
St. Symeon the New Theologian.
"As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O
God." Psalms 42:1
Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.
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