The deaf-mute, of whose marvelous cure by our Lord we have just now heard when the Gospel was read, represents those members of the human race who merit being freed by divine grace from the error brought on by the devil’s deceit. Man became deaf, unable to hear the word of life after, puffed upContinue reading “Bede on the deaf man of Mark 7”
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The plant in Eden beautifully transplanted in Golgotha
The Most High planted in the middle of ParadiseThe thrice blessed wood, the gift of life for us,In order that, in approaching it,Adam might find eternal and immortal life,But he did not strive earnestly to know this life,And he failed to attain it, and revealed death.However, the robber, seeing how the plant in EdenHad beenContinue reading “The plant in Eden beautifully transplanted in Golgotha”
Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again
Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again.Alas, he is here: terror has seized me, and fear.Alas that I ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.Alas that his envy led me to envy too.I did not become like God; I was cast out of paradise.Temper, sword, awhile, the heat of your flamesand letContinue reading “Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again”
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