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And when the angel orders the resurrection of Christ to be announced to the disciples, he wants it to be made known to Peter in particular, because he was in the greatest distress. Peter knew how to decline the word !
“Therefore the man whom the prophet here calls blessed is unanimously declared by the world to be the most wretched of all, as Isaiah looked upon Christ, the Head and Model of the blessed, whom he calls the lowest of all (Is. 53:3).”
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
“The vanity and insatiability of the human heart are unspeakable. What a man has does not please him; what he does not have, that he yearns for.”
― Luther's Works, Vol. 15: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and the Last Words of David (Luther's Works
― Luther's Works, Vol. 15: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and the Last Words of David (Luther's Works
“Ought one ever to play at make-believe with a full-grown man for any consideration whatever—even though he be a parson, and a possible father-in-law? There's a case of conscience for you!”
― Trilby
― Trilby
“You must die if you would live under this King. You must bear the cross and the hatred of the whole world. You must not flee from ignominy, poverty, hunger, and thirst, in other words, all the evil that floods the earth.”
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
“What recourse do we have but to be of mutual help to one another and to forgive those who fall, since we ourselves have already fallen or are about to fall?”
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
― Luther's Works, Vol. 14: Selected Psalms III
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