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... prayer at night . Next to prayer he valued the discipline of fasting . He strongly urged his people to practice fasting , especially in Lent , and he himself was scrupulous in this observance . He also considered fine clothes unsuitable ...
... prayer at night . Next to prayer he valued the discipline of fasting . He strongly urged his people to practice fasting , especially in Lent , and he himself was scrupulous in this observance . He also considered fine clothes unsuitable ...
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... Scripture testifies to you that , in response to the prayers 12 Cf. Luke 3.22 ; John 1.33 . 13 Matt . 10.16 . 14 Cf. Phil . 2.7 ; John 5.37 . .1 of Jerobaal , fire came down from heaven , and 1 Ps . 28.3 . 14 SAINT AMBROSE.
... Scripture testifies to you that , in response to the prayers 12 Cf. Luke 3.22 ; John 1.33 . 13 Matt . 10.16 . 14 Cf. Phil . 2.7 ; John 5.37 . .1 of Jerobaal , fire came down from heaven , and 1 Ps . 28.3 . 14 SAINT AMBROSE.
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... prayers of priests , who said : ' Where two or three shall be , there am I also . ” How much more does He deign to impart His presence there where the Church is , where the mysteries are ! ( 28 ) You have descended then [ into the water ] ...
... prayers of priests , who said : ' Where two or three shall be , there am I also . ” How much more does He deign to impart His presence there where the Church is , where the mysteries are ! ( 28 ) You have descended then [ into the water ] ...
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... prayer of the Prophet the blood of the rivers ceased ; the nature of the waters re- turned . The people of the Hebrews were hemmed in on all sides , shut off on the one side by the Egyptians , enclosed on the other by the sea . Moses ...
... prayer of the Prophet the blood of the rivers ceased ; the nature of the waters re- turned . The people of the Hebrews were hemmed in on all sides , shut off on the one side by the Egyptians , enclosed on the other by the sea . Moses ...
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... prayer was effective ? Moreover , how could he have approached battle without anxiety , if he had not understood the message from God ; for the dew on the fleece was the faith among the Jews , because the words of God descended like dew ...
... prayer was effective ? Moreover , how could he have approached battle without anxiety , if he had not understood the message from God ; for the dew on the fleece was the faith among the Jews , because the words of God descended like dew ...
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Page 34 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 128 - And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 186 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 183 - And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 190 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 34 - And I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another Paraclete, that He may abide with you for ever. The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, nor knoweth Him : but you shall know Him, because He shall abide with you, and shall be in you.
Page 104 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ; as there are gods many, and lords many ; yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him ; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Page 149 - Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Page 140 - I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 137 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.