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Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
In the mass as a part of the liturgy of the Eucharist the congregation and priest say the words shown above.
For me...
Psalm 121 (122)
Jerusalem, the holy city
May the peace of Christ reign in your hearts. Alleluia.
They filled me with joy when they said,
“We will go to the house of the Lord.”
Now our feet are standing
within your gates, Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built as a city,
whole and self-contained...
Psalm 118 (119): 145-152
The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Alleluia.
I call on you with all my heart –
answer me, Lord.
I will obey your laws.
I call on you –
save me
so that I can keep your decrees.
At first light I cry to you,
I put all my hope in your...
Saturday 6th May 2017
MORNING
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Psa. 85:10
A just God and a Saviour. Isa. 45:21
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. Isa. 42:21
God was in...
My guess is that friend Imaginary does want to know but is not likely to conclude that the explanation is sufficient to accept the position presented in your posts.
I think it is valuable to know what other people teach and why they believe it. For example, I carefully read and carefully...
It always seemed to me that the disciples who stopped following Jesus did so because they did not like the idea of eating Jesus' body and drinking Jesus' blood. They likely would have preferred a "spiritualised" version of Jesus' words. Something like this:
Jesus said to them, "I am [like] the...
Psalm 134 (135)
Praise the Lord, the wonder-worker
I, the Lord, am your Saviour, I am your Redeemer. Alleluia.
Praise the name of the Lord:
praise it, servants of the Lord,
you who stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good...
Psalm 50 (51)
God, have mercy on me
O Lord, wash me more and more from my guilt. Alleluia.
Take pity on me, Lord, in your mercy;
in your abundance of mercy wipe out my guilt.
Wash me ever more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know how guilty I am:
my sin is always before me...
Friday 5th May 2017
MORNING
Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Matt. 6:31, 32
O fear the LORD, ye his Saints: for there is no want to them that fear...
No one is disputing the order of events. Jesus died two thousand years ago. That's a fact. No one can expect forgiveness without repentance. Jesus told a parable about the principle. It reads this way:
Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who...
Jesus died on the cross and no one can expect forgiveness without repenting. If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity. If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us. 1 John 1:9-10
My current avatar is an icon of the Lord, Jesus Christ, from a church in southern Italy.
I use it because it points to Jesus as the Lord who came to Earth, was crucified, and died. The icon also includes two witnesses to the Lord's crucifixion.
One cannot expect to be forgiven without repenting. Jesus told a parable about the principle. It reads this way:
Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy...
Hymn
Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky,
Heav’n thunders forth its victor cry:
The glad earth shouts her triumph high,
And groaning hell makes wild reply.
While he, the King of sovereign might,
Treads down death’s strength in death’s despite,
And trampling hell by victor’s right,
Brings...
Hymn
O Christ, the heavens’ eternal King,
Creator, unto thee we sing,
With God the Father ever One,
Co-equal, co-eternal Son.
Thy hand, when first the world began,
Made in thine own pure image man,
And linked to fleshly form of earth
A living soul of heavenly birth.
And when the envious crafty...