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Some of his parables are not stories; many are not agreeable; most are complex; and a good percentage of them produce more confusion than understanding.
“Those who abandon the law praise the wicked man, but those who keep the law war against him. Evil men understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand all.
Proverbs: 28:4-5”
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Proverbs: 28:4-5”
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“I keep these words in my heart, repeating often during the day: “Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
― Nine Days to Welcome Peace
― Nine Days to Welcome Peace
“Prayer in Benedictine spirituality is not an interruption of our busy lives nor is it a higher act. Prayer is the filter through which we learn, if we listen hard enough, to see our world aright and anew and without which we live life with souls that are deaf and dumb and blind.”
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“We have to learn to hear on every level at once if we are really to become whole. The problem is that most of us are deaf in at least one ear.
We have to learn to listen to Scripture. And we have to learn to listen to life around us.”
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We have to learn to listen to Scripture. And we have to learn to listen to life around us.”
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“It's nothing short of astonishing that a religious tradition with this relentless emphasis on salvation and one so hyperattuned to personal sin can simultaneously maintain such blindness to social sins swirling about it, such as slavery and race-based segregation and bigotry.”
― White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
― White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity
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