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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Love (II) – George Herbert
Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flameAttract the lesser to it: let those firesWhich shall consume the world, first make it tame,And kindle in our hearts such true desires, As may consume our lusts, and make thee way.Then shall our hearts pant thee; then shall our brainAll her invention on thine Altar lay,And there inContinue reading “Love (II) – George Herbert”
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