Ecclesiastical meditations suitable for priests on the mission and students in diocesan seminaries, by a Catholic clergymanJames Duffy, 1866 - 302 pages |
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Page 208 - When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
Page 187 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 198 - Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Page 201 - That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 201 - I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea-shore : thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Page 196 - You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them : and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them. It shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be the greater among you, let him be your minister : and he that will be first among you, shall be your servant.
Page 217 - For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding...
Page 260 - Behold, I will send my Angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.
Page 158 - To me belongs all actual and all possible good, all created and uncreated beauty, all that eye hath seen or imagination conceived ; and more than that, for eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love Him.
Page 217 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.