Keep
your eyes open!...
May 16, 2008
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(John 17:20-21) And
not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word
shall believe in me. That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me,
and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that thou hast sent me.
BLOG: Why Episcopalian Bishop John Lipscomb Became a Catholic
RELATED: Conversion to Catholicism
LINK TO CATHOLIC TESTIMONIES: http://www.hereiamlord.com/testimonies.html
FROM THE MAILBAG
VIA Dennis DeLaurier: Jesus has reserved you a ticket
The payment for this ticked was paid for by Christ on the cross. Surely
you must see how wonderful you are to God by His holy efforts to brig
you back to Him? What sort of friend would send their beloved son to
die for you? What sort of friend would follow you through your whole
life offering you help and his spirit? What sort of god would place you
in his heart and speak your name with loving tender words? That God is
the Holy Trinity. You are Their focal point. You are a son or daughter
of the most high Father who made all things. Your Brother and Savior is
God the Son who became man and offers this paid up ticket into His most
loving and forgiving heart. The ticket is waiting right now, but all of
these tickets have an expiration date. Go and look at yours and you
will notice that on that ticket is the date that you will die. As you
look, you will see that it cannot be read by anyone except the giver.
The good thing about the ticket is that it is still good if you are
reading this. Go and quickly take this ticket as there may not be much
time left. Tell others that they also have tickets there and that they
may miss out on this most wonderful invitation. By taking your ticket,
you can be placed into the heart of the Divine Mercy who will forgive
your sins and call you brother or sister. You then will become a most
loved and treasured member of the family of the Trinity. In fact, you
will have found your eternal home. Don’t let the words
“Cancelled” be stamped on your ticket, run now and get
yours.
VIA Christian-Witness: Be ready to go and meet the Lord, for he is coming
Be ready to go and meet the Lord, O
Israel, for he is coming. You too must be ready, for at a time when you
do not expect it the Son of Man will come. Nothing is more certain than
that he is coming, nothing more uncertain than when he is coming. So
far is it from being our province to know the times and seasons which
the father has appointed by his own authority, that not even to the
angels who stand in his presence is it granted to know that day and
hour.
As for our own last day, it is most
sure that this will come upon us, but most unsure when, or where, or
from what quarter it will come. All we know is that, as the traditional
saying has it, what is knocking at the door of the elderly lies in
ambush for the young.
Death which lurks in ambush is the
more to be feared in that it can the less be seen and guarded against.
There is only one security, and that is never to feel secure. Thus our
fear, prompting us to watch ourselves carefully, keeps us always
prepared until fear gives way to security, not security to fear.
~ Guerric of Igny, Abbot 1070 - 1157
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 6- "On remembrance of death"
2. The remembrance of death is a daily death; and
the remembrance of our departure is an hourly sighing or groaning.
May 15, 2008
(Luke
12:5) But I will shew you whom you shall fear: Fear ye him who, after
he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you: Fear
him.MORE ON OUR LADY OF LAUS
On
Sunday, May 4, 2008, during a Mass celebrated in the town of Laus in
the French Alps, Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco of Gap, accompanied by
numerous cardinals and archbishops from around the world, announced the
official approval of the Church of the Marian apparitions to Benôite
(Benedicta) Rencurel between 1664 and 1718.
During the Mass,
attended by Roman Curia officials including Cardinal Javier Lozano
Barragan, Bishop de Falco noted these are the first Marian apparitions
to be approved in the 21st century by the Vatican and the Church in
France. He called it the most singular event to take place in France
since the apparitions of Lourdes in 1862.
"I recognize the
supernatural origin of the apparitions and the events and words
experienced and narrated by Benedicta Rencurel. I encourage all of the
faithful to come and pray and seek spiritual renewal at this shrine.
Nobody is obliged to believe in apparitions," he continued, "even in
those officially recognized, but if they help us in our faith and our
daily lives, why should we reject them?" the bishop asked.
The
shrine of Our Lady of Laus attracts some 120,000 pilgrims each year.
The Catholic philosopher Jean Guitton called it "one of the most hidden
and powerful shrines of Europe."
EXCERPT Michael Matt: Sanctuary in the Alps
"Most
of us, however, had never before even heard of the message or
apparitions of Notre Dame Du Laus. Even most Catholics in France have
not heard of Notre Dame Du Laus. Why? Because our Lady's message to
Benoite, aside from being filled with great hope, also had another
aspect to it—an aspect that is anything but popular to the Church in
the modern world. The message placed a tremendous amount of emphasis on
the dangers of sin, the importance of repentance, the absolute
"essential to salvation" nature of the Sacrament of Penance, and the
necessity of receiving that Sacrament frequently. During the lifetime
of Benoite, and for centuries after her death, Laus was a place of
great spiritual healing through the Sacrament of Penance. An incredible
number of Catholics from every class (peasantry, gentry, and nobility)
over the centuries since 1647 found their way back onto the road that
leads to salvation, as a direct consequence of the message of Notre
Dame Du Laus and the sanctity of the seer Benoite, who proclaimed that
message to the world."
SPIRITDAILY: Spokesman Says Apparition Was Okayed Because of Seer's Beatification Process
OVERVIEW: Our Lady of Laus- Refuge of Sinners
CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY: Expert explains Church's criteria for confirming Marian apparitions
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 6- "On remembrance of death"
1. Every word is preceded by thought. And the remembrance
of death and sins precedes weeping and mourning. Therefore, this subject
comes in its proper place in this chapter.
May 14, 2008
(Psa 122:6-8) Pray
ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance
for them that love thee. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in
thy towers. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke
peace of thee.
Pope asks Israel to help keep Catholics in Holy Land
Pope
Benedict appealed to Israel on Monday to help stem a sharp decline in
the country's minority Christian population, saying Catholics had grown
particularly vulnerable to Middle East conflicts.
He also called
for Israel to allow greater mobility for Palestinians, including travel
to places of worship, "so that they too can enjoy greater peace and
security".
"I know that you share my concern over the alarming
decline in the Christian population in the Middle East, including
Israel, through emigration," the pontiff said.
"I pray that ...
ways will be found of reassuring the Christian community, so that they
can experience the hope of a secure and peaceful future in their
ancestral homelands."
The pontiff made the comments in an
address to receive Israel's new ambassador to the Holy See, Mordechay
Lewy, who became the fifth envoy since the Vatican and Israel
established diplomatic relations in 1994.
The Vatican supports Israel's right to exist within secure borders and also supports an independent Palestinian state.
The
pope said Palestinians had an equal right to prosperity and asked
Israel "to make every effort to alleviate the hardship suffered by the
Palestinian community".
COMMENTARY: Father Raymond J. de Souza: Why Christians should care about Israel
RELATED: Group tries to stop flow of Christian emigration from Holy Land
OPINION: It's time to be enraged at the persecution of Christians
HEADLINES
Christian leaders sign on for peace in Israel
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Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
39. In the case of cowardly and slothful people,
the falls that occur after our call are hard to bear; they crush the hope
of dispassion and persuade us to regard our having barely risen form the
pit of sin as a state of blessedness. Look, look! For certainly we do not
return by the way we went astray, but by another shorter route.
May 13, 2008
LINK: The Message of Fatima
Msgr. William McGrath:
"When all is said and done, our primary responsibility is not the
conversion of Russia or the prevention of world wars, but the salvation
of that little world within ourselves over which, with God's help, we
must exercise control, and for which we shall one day have to render an
account to God in judgment. What will it profit us, even if Russia is
converted and an era of peace be granted to humanity, if we have failed
in the great task for which we were created, the salvation of our own
immortal souls."
Fatima
- With its origins deep in history, it was during the Arabian
occupation that this settlement developed and was named. According to
legend, during the Christian Reconquest, the Templar knight Goncalo
Hermingues, also known as Bringer-of-Moors, fell in love with Fatima, a
Moor captured in the course of an ambush. Reciprocating the love, the
young woman converted to Christianity and adopted the name Oureana.
In the sixteenth century, the settlement became a parish in the collegiate church of Ourem within the Diocese of Leiria.
Its subsequent development dates
from the events known as the Apparitions of Fatima, in the early part
of the twentieth century. It has become one of the key centres for the
Cult of the Virgin Mary in Portugal and has been recognised world-wide
by the Catholic Church.
The first apparition took place in
1917, in Cova da Iria, at the site of the current Sanctuary. The most
important celebrations are held on 13th May (including the Candlelit
Procession on the night of the 12th and the Farewell Procession closing
the event on the 13th) and 13th October. Furthermore, the 13th of every
month between these two dates is also a day of devotion.
For those interested in the
historical context of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, visits can
be made to the houses of the shepherd witnesses in the village of
Aljustrel.
In the gardens of Casa de Lucia,
there is a monument commemorating the second apparition of the Angel of
Peace and the end of the Via Sacra which begins in the Sanctuary.
Along this route, there are 14
chapels donated by Hungarian Catholic refugees in the West. Of
particular note is Valinhos, 400 metres from the village where
monuments commemorate the fourth apparition in 1917 as well as the
place chosen by the angel. Here, in 1916, the shepherds saw the Angel
of Peace for the first and third times.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
38. Nothing equals or excels God's mercies. Therefore,
he who despairs is committing suicide. A sign of true repentance is the
acknowledgment that we deserve all the afflictions, visible and invisible,
that
come upon us, and even greater ones. Moses, after seeing God in the bush,
returned again to Egypt, that is, to darkness and to the brick-making of
Pharaoh, who was symbolical of the spiritual Pharaoh. But he went back
again to the bush, and not only to the bush, but also up the mountain.
Whoever has known divine vision will never despair of himself. Job became
a beggar, but he became twice as rich again.
May 9, 2008
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
POPE JOHN PAUL II:
"In contemplating Mary's powerful intercession as she waits for the
Holy Spirit, Christians of every age have frequently had recourse to
her intercession on the long and tiring journey to salvation, in order
to receive the gifts of the Paraclete in greater abundance".
Praying with Mary our Mother for the Spirit (Acts 1:14)
And
so after Jesus was taken up from them into heaven, the Apostles,
leaving Mount Olivet still somewhat confused but yet hopeful, returned
to Jerusalem, and went to the upper room, where they now waited
patiently together with Mary for the coming of the Holy Spirit, and
they all joined in continuous prayer for the gift of the Spirit during
the ensuing nine days till the morning of Pentecost (Acts 1:2,9,11-14).
They
must have recalled to mind Jesus' own example of constant and effective
prayer, which had intrigued the disciple who then asked him to teach
them to pray (Lk 11:1-2). They must have remembered Jesus' own teaching
on prayer, as he elaborated on both what they should pray for and how
they should pray, ending with the assurance: "How much more will the
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" (Lk
11:9-13). They would thus not easily forget Jesus' promise to them at
the last supper: "Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give
it to you, for the Father himself loves you" (Jn 15:16; 16:23-24,26-27).
Furthermore,
the Apostles had Mary to inspire them, both by her testimony (Lk
1:46-55), and her example (Lk 8:21; 11:28). For it was in having opened
herself in prayer, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be
done to me according to your word" (1:38), that the promise made by the
angel, "the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you," was fulfilled (1:35).
Consequently,
because the Father's greatest gift to his children is the Holy Spirit,
whom he is always ready to give immediately, freely and joyfully, so,
firstly, the main object, in a way the only object, of our prayer
should be to be given and to receive the Holy Spirit; and, secondly,
all that we, as his children, need to do is to ask for it from the
Father with expectant faith, confident that we will receive (Lk
11:9-12).
ZENIT.ORG: On Mary's Maternal Presence at Pentecost
Letter of Pope Paul VI: The Holy Spirit and Mary
Iconography via the National Library of the Netherlands: http://www.kb.nl/manuscripts/highlights/index.html
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
37. We must carefully consider whether our conscience
has ceased to accuse us, not as a result of purity, but because it is immersed
in evil. A sign of deliverance from our falls is the continual reckoning
of ourselves as debtors.
May 8, 2008
POPE BENEDICT XVI:
"The Church is always, so to say, in a state of Pentecost. Gathered in
the Cenacle, she prays incessantly to obtain ever new effusions of the
gifts of the Holy Spirit, ... and is not afraid to announce the Gospel
to the furthest confines of the earth. This is why, faced with
difficulties and divisions, Christians cannot resign themselves or give
way to discouragement.
FROM THE MAILBAG
REFLECTION by Father Ted
– My dearest Lord Jesus, before You returned home to be with Your
Father in heaven, You exhorted Your disciples to prepare themselves for
the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
Already on Easter
Sunday night You had given them some of the power of the Holy Spirit
when You bestowed upon them the ability to forgive the sins of others –
which power rightly belongs to You and to the Father.
On
Pentecost You wanted them to receive the Holy Spirit in another way –
which would enable them to love others just as You love them – this
being the fulfillment of Your new commandment of Holy Thursday evening.
With such love, they would not be afraid to proclaim Your Gospel.
With such love, they would not be intimidated to be silent about the truth – about You.
With such love, they would not be hesitant to endure hardships – even suffering, even death.
To
help them to get ready You exhorted them to prepare themselves under
the maternal guidance of Your Mother, who on Good Friday afternoon
became their mother as well.
She got them ready for the receiving of the Holy Spirit – through prayer.
And so on Pentecost morning – while they were praying with Mary, they received the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
What a difference He made in them.
Thank You for giving to them Your Holy Spirit.
Jesus, that same Holy Spirit, You want me to receive - in like manner.
Yes, I know that I received Him when I was baptized.
Yes, I know that I received Him when I was confirmed.
I know that I received Him when I was ordained a priest.
Through these great sacraments, I have received Your Holy Spirit.
Yet, I need to receive Him in a new way – so that I can finally begin to love others as You have commanded me.
Help
me to be open to receive Him in this new way – with all of the
spiritual gifts that He desires to bestow upon me so that I can truly
and effectively love others as You have commanded.
Come Holy Spirit; fill my heart with the fire of Your Divine Love! Come Holy Spirit! Come!
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
35. Those living in the world, and they only, are
strangers to these two assurances, and especially the first. But through
almsgiving, some so run the race that they know at their departure what
their gain has been.
May 7, 2008
PRO-LIFE NEWS HEADLINES
Italian Mother "Lays Down Her Life" for Her Unborn Child
Alaska governor balances newborn's needs, official duties
Catholic Beliefs Cast Shadow Over Italian Abortions
"We are praying for an end to abortion"
"SILENT NO MORE"- Women give gripping testimonies on abortion
EDITORIAL: The Inevitable Triumph of the Pro-Life Position
FROM THE MAILBAG
Update from Dawn: If anyone really wants to know...here's what I know about my breast cancer.
Stage: 2B
This Friday, May 2nd, *tomorrow* I will have a PET scan.
Next
Tuesday, May 6th, I begin chemotherapy. I will have 4 "treatments" (is
that what they're called?), each are 3 weeks apart. So, I figure, if
all goes as planned: May 6, May 27, June 17, and July 8. The doctor
said this was the plan, but depending on how I do, she may add a 5th
and maybe a 6th treatment.
I then start 7 weeks of radiation.
Then, I will take Femara & Armidex for 5 years.
One more thing...They looked at my veins, and I don't need a port, so I'm not having one put in.
Maybe
it's too much info. I never knew anyone with breast cancer before. I'm
a sidewalk counselor for the Coalition for Life at our local Planned
Parenthood. I tell these young women, through the fence, that with an
abortion, especially if it is their first pregnancy, and in the first
trimester, their chances for breast cancer goes up.
I never
had an abortion. Nobody in my family has ever had any kind of cancer
(that I know of). This was a total surprise. I thank all for the
prayers. I could feel them carrying me through this time. I'm going to
make it. The Good Lord Willing!
Of course, I'm offering it up! All of you, and your intentions are in my intentions. Always and forever. God Bless.
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
34. Let no one who laments expect assurance at
his departure. For the unknown is not sure. Spare me, through assurance,
that I be refreshed before I go hence unassured (of salvation). Where the
Spirit of the Lord is, the bond is loosed. Where there is profound humility,
the bond is loosed. But let those who are without these two assurances
make no mistake: they are bound.
May 6, 2008
Roman Catholic Church recognizes 17th century apparitions of Virgin Mary to French shepherdess
A
Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially
recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a teenage shepherd girl in
the French Alps starting in the mid-1600s.
The announcement
marks the first time the church has recognized apparitions of the
Virgin Mary in France since those in southwestern Lourdes 150 years
ago, the diocese of Gap and Embrun said.
Speaking at Mass in
Laus in remarks broadcast nationally on France-2 television, Monsignor
Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the "supernatural
origin" of the apparitions to 17-year-old shepherd girl Benoite
Rencurel starting in 1664 and running through 1718.
The bishop,
in an interview on France-Info radio, said the decision meant the
church "has committed itself in an official way to say to pilgrims 'you
can come here in total confidence.'" The recognition process involved a
panel of experts including two theologians and an investigating judge,
he said.
Radio Vatican's Web site said some 30 cardinals and
bishops from around the world were expected for the Mass in Laus, to
attend the "celebration" of the recognition.
FIRST MARIAN APPARITIONS
Our Lady of the Pillar - First apparition of Mary before the Assumption
Apparation to Gregory the Wonderworker- First known apparition of Mary after the Assumption
STILL UNAPPROVED VIA The Workers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: “Our Lady of Garabandal has sustained my priestly life all these years. With joy and gratitude I present my testimony…”
These
are the words of Fr. Richard W. Gilsdorf taken from an article written
for GARABANDAL Magazine in July 1990. Fr. Gilsdorf, who passed away in
2005, spent a life of priestly service to the people of the Diocese of
Green Bay Wisconsin. He was a supremely well educated scripture scholar
holding degrees from Columbia University and the Sorbonne and actively
involved in the debate on the course of the Catholic Church in America.
As
a published author his articles appeared in the Homiletic and Pastoral
Review and The Wanderer and have been collected in a recently released
work The Signs of the Times: Understanding the Church since Vatican II.
He was the founder and first president of the Confraternity of Catholic
Clergy. Like Father John Hardon, he was also a firm believer in the
Garabandal events, spreading the tenets of Our Lady’s Message through
his priestly ministry.
We are most fortunate to have the
certainty that many of the initial impressions of the Garabandal events
were recorded and interpreted by holy priests. We preserve on our
website the published writings of Fathers Pelletier, Turner, Benac,
Laffineur and de Pesquera as the primary historical documents which
chronicle the apparitions and maintain their interpretations of the
prophecies.
Among these priests, we would highlight this work by
Fr. Gilsdorf for its emphasis on the dignity of the priesthood which is
derived from the central role of the Eucharist in the Church and also
for the comparison of the Garabandal prophecies to the revelations of
St. Faustina Kowalska. In the wake of Our Holy Father’s successful
visit to America, we echo Fr. Gilsdorf’s plea to renew the priestly
life and the life of the Church throughout the world by drawing nearer
to Our Lady and living her Message more fully in our daily lives.
Fr. Gilsdorf's article: http://ww2.emailfusion.net/tools/home.aspx?gcode=y&ci=11D86B819CB3&cni=10DB658A
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
33. He who really keeps account of his actions
considers as lost every day in which he does not mourn, whatever good he
may have done in it.
May 2, 2008
THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).
(Rev
3:17-19) Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need
of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and
poor and blind and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried,
that thou mayest be made rich and mayest be clothed in white garments:
and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes
with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Such as I love, I rebuke and
chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
OPINION: The Global Imperative of Regaining Our Catholic Identity
COMMENTARY: Secular world forces a choice: Mystic or unbeliever?
IN THE NEWS: Many leave Catholic Church, but converts help sustain it
EXCERPT Father Corapi, April 2008-
The Holy Father and those faithful to him and to the Church Jesus built
upon the Rock—which is Christ, with Peter (Rock) grafted into
Himself—represent a sure and solid sign of the constancy and solidity
of what we love and believe—the Truth! Often this world is like a
desert with a sandstorm howling. Everything is blown about by the winds
of mere personal opinions and false philosophies and ideologies.
The
Pope, as the visible Head of the Church, is indeed a rock grafted into
the Rock who is Christ himself. This is solid. This is constant and
unchanging. Humanity craves the certitude of faith, not a torrent of
doubts and fears. This is what the Holy Father brings wherever he goes.
Let the storms blow and rage. Our house is built on solid Rock, and
will stand fast throughout the changing times until Jesus our Hope
comes again in glory.
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Venezuelans celebrate beatification of Mother Candelaria de San Jose
Next step taken on the path to sainthood for Father Damien who ministered to Hawaii's lepers
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
32. After your fall, do not believe him who says
to you of small shortcomings: 'If only you had not done that great fault!
But this is nothing in comparison'. Often small gifts appease the great
anger of the Judge.
May 1, 2008
(Act 1:10-11) And
while they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold two men stood
by them in white garments. Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand
you looking up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into
heaven, shall so come as you have seen him going into heaven.
TIMELY LINK: Signs of the Second Coming
- Global spread of the Gospel.
- Extreme weakening of the faith.
- The appearance of many false prophets and false messiahs.
- The turning to Christ of the Jewish people.
- Evil and lawlessness will increase greatly.
- Sorcery, the serving of evil spirits, and other pagan practices will become widespread.
- Persecution of the faithful will escalate.
- Destabilization the very foundations of the social life.
RELATED: Are We Living in the Last Days?
KEYSOFPETER.ORG:
The twentieth century will have been an era of massive attacks on life,
an endless series of wars and a continual taking of innocent human
life. False prophets and false teachers have had the greatest success.
- John Paul II, Christ Alone Gives Life, August 14, 1993
Venerable John Henry Newman and St. Maximus of Turin explain the significance of the Ascension
Venerable John Henry Newman:
"Moses
brought out of Egypt a timid nation, and in the space of forty years
trained it to be full of valor for the task of conquering the promised
land; Christ in forty days trains his apostles to be bold and patient
instead of cowards. They mourned and wept at the beginning of the
season, but at the end they are full of courage for the good fight;
their spirits mount high with their Lord, and when he is received out
of their sight, and their own trial begins, they return to Jerusalem
with great joy, and are continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God."
St. Maximus of Turin compares Christ to an eagle that swoops down to wrest the prey from another:
"As
the prophet says, Ascending on high he led captivity captive; he gave
gifts to men.. The undoubted meaning of these words is this: that since
the devil led the human race captive, our Lord, by wresting it from
him, took it captive himself, and as the prophet tells us, led that
very captivity to the heights of heaven. Both captivities do indeed
bear the same name, but they differ one from the other. The devil's
captivity means enslavement; Christ's, on the contrary, means
restoration to freedom."
Ladder
of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 5- "On painstaking and true repentance"
31. Before our fall, the demons say that God is
a friend of man; but after the fall, that He is inexorable.
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