Posted on August 17, 2009 by John Uebersax
The Moral Reflections on Job by Pope St GregoryThe Great
Fights without and fears within
The saints are caught up in a turbulent war of troubles, attacked at the same time by force and by persuasion. Patience is their shield against force, and doctrine makes the arrows that they shoot against persuasion.
See the skill with [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by John Uebersax
Psalm 17 [18] Thanksgiving for salvation and victory
I will love you, Lord, my strength: Lord, you are my foundation and my refuge, you set me free.
My God is my help: I will put my hope in him, my protector, my sign of salvation, the one who raises me up.
I will call on the Lord – [...]
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