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The quality of our faith depends upon the character of justice in the land and the character of justice is to be measured by how we treat three groups—widows, orphans, and foreigners (those with the least status in society). Thus, for the
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“What about the passages where Scripture appears to be contradictory or those difficult matters we discover in our reading? One suggestion for our reading at these points is to rest in what we do know, trusting God (perhaps through others) to illumine us concerning what we don't know.”
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
“Gregory’s words remain a sharp and timely rebuke to the continuing temptation to practice theology as though we could separate the exercise of our mind from the development of our character.”
― Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
― Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
“We describe people who reveal something of themselves to us as "open." Open captures an important dimension of what we call revelation. The term revelation is derived from the Latin word revelatio, and it means "uncovering." Something that was hidden has been opened or uncovered for us to see. We are unable to know God directly through our observations-unless he makes the first move, and he has done just that.”
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
“When Moses heard the voice of God, he shook with terror and hid his face in the folds of his robe. Why? Because he was about to receive a couple of chapters of the book of Exodus? No! He was awestruck because the voice he heard made real and immediate the presence of the Holy One of Israel. In the words, Moses met God. And so can we.”
― The Fire of the Word: Meeting God on Holy Ground
― The Fire of the Word: Meeting God on Holy Ground
“Relationship with God is not only expressed in the creation of Scripture, it is also part of the intention of Scripture. Consider that to understand Romans as Paul would have wanted his letter understood is to grasp the kinds of ordinary human changes-in thought, feeling, action-encouraged in it. Also consider that the book of Revelation is designed to enthrall us in the imagination of heaven and to adjust our lives accordingly. The denunciations of the prophets are structured to grip us with a sense of condemnation and sincere repentance.”
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
― Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life
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