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SERMON: The Great Humility of Saint John the Baptist, by Francis de Sales
Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 13, 1620, concerning pride and ambition as the most powerful temptations, the excellent humility of Saint John the Baptist in renouncing the most...
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HEALING: The Magnificence of Absolution, or the tale of two confessions
Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed. It is a soul changing experience to be forgiven. To have a tender and loving hand...
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LENTEN FIRE: February 16
From Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and Mothers I am sorry for my sin A brother questioned Abba Poemen, saying, “What should I do?” He said, “It is written, I confess my...
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PRAYER: Prayers of Confession for Lent (Ash Wednesday through the Second Week...
From Prayers for Lent and Holy Week, by David N. Mosser Ash Wednesday Prayer of Confession Gracious God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole hearts, and we have not loved our neighbors...
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SATURDAY READING: John as Model for Contemporary Christians, by Alexander J....
From John the Baptist: Prophet and Disciple John the Baptist, since the time of the Counter-Reformation, has been lost to the Christian tradition. Some biblical scholars try to confine him to the...
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SACRAMENTS: Baptism And The Forgiveness Of Sins, by Ronald P. Byars
From The Sacraments In Biblical Perspective Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift...
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PRAYER: Prayers Of Confession For Lent (Third through Fifth Weeks of Lent)
From Prayers for Lent and Holy Week, by David N. Mosser Third Week in Lent Prayer of Confession As we move through Lent, O God who is gracious beyond our ability to conceive, help us, as we journey, to...
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FORGIVENESS: Transformation And Deliverance — Repent And Help Each Other, by...
From Living the Sermon on the Mount When he says, “Take the log out of your eye,” Jesus is calling for repentance – acknowledging our own need for change, and actually making the change. The way of...
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PRAYER: A Litany Of Confession, by Peter Nott
O Lord, open our minds to see ourselves as you see us, and from all unwillingness to know our weakness and our sin, Good Lord, deliver us. From selfishness; from wishing to be the center of attraction;...
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POETRY: Teaching A Child The Art Of Confession, by David Shumate
It is best not to begin with Adam and Eve. Original Sin is baffling, even for the most sophisticated minds. Besides, children are frightened of naked people and apples. Instead, start with the talking...
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MYSTICISM: The Discernment Of Spirits, by the author of The Cloud of Unknowing
1. Because there are different kinds of spirits, it is necessary for us to know how to distinguish them; especially as we are taught by the Apostle Saint John not to give credence to all spirits. For...
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PRAYER: A Short Form Of Confession Before The Eyes Of God, by Jacob Boehme
Each one may change and enlarge this form of confession according to his situation, as the Holy Spirit teaches. I desire to set down only a short guide. O great, unsearchable, holy God, Lord of all...
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PRAYER: Thou Art Not As I Have Conceived Thee, by Thomas Merton
Lord, it is nearly midnight and I am waiting for You in the darkness and the great silence. I am sorry for all my sins. Do not let me ask any more than to sit in the darkness and light no lights of my...
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SATURDAY READING: The Confession Of Saint Patrick
Part One I, Patrick, a sinner, very rustic, and the least of all the faithful, and very contemptible in the estimation of most men, had as father a certain man called Calpornius, a deacon, son of...
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POETRY: Repentance, by George Herbert
Lord, I confess my sin is great; Great is my sin. Oh! gently treat With thy quick flow’r, thy momentany bloom; Whose life still pressing Is one undressing, A steady aiming at a tomb. Man’s age is two...
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JESUS: To Live In Christ, by Hubert van Zeller
To live in Christ is, in the widest sense, to live in a state of grace. It is a gift but a gift which God does not deny to anyone. What we are more particularly considering in these pages is the...
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SACRAMENTS: Baptism And The Forgiveness Of Sins by Ronald P. Byars
From The Sacraments In Biblical Perspective Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift...
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PRAYER: Prayer Of Confession (Celtic)
From Celtic Daily Prayer O Father, O Son, O Holy Spirit forgive me my sins O only-begotten Son of the Heavenly Father, forgive. O God who is one, O God who is true, O God who is first, O God who is one...
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Like the bounding stag I have sought sensual pleasures and fallen into the lake. I am the greatest sinner among sinners, unwilling to part with even a grain of rice to the noisy crow. Like the fly...
View ArticleSERMON: The Dumb And Deaf Spirit by John Keble
He was casting out a devil, and it was dumb, and it came to pass that when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake. (Luke 11:14) As the holy time of Lent begins with the remembrance of our Lord...
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