St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? 3. For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. 6 was given to actual disciples who knew God personally as their Heavenly Father. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God . Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. 2. 19 III. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. For if God's exhaustive knowledge of the human heart waken dread in one of its aspects, it starts infinite hope in another. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple, The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers, The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament.
Guest Commentary on Andy Stanley's Sermon: "Speaking the Way the First Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. It is a simple question of time; a simple question whether it shall come here in this world, where the blood of Christ "freely" flows, or in the future world, where "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."(W. The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. III. The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. 7. He will revive us."--HOS. Pentecostal. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. 19-22).3. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. God has made us so. Some of God's children are the crookedest people that ever were in this world, and it must be sovereignty which chose them, for they are by no means naturally desirable or attractive. Because Thou "wilt perfect"; therefore "forsake not the works of Thine own hands." "Thy mercy, O Lord," etc. The mercy of the creature is finite; the mercy of Jehovah is infinite.
Psalm 138:8 Commentary - The Treasury of David Topic: The Lord Will Perfect That Which Concerns Me He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. Self-consciousness has been the problem of the philosophic mind in all ages; and the mystery is not yet unravelled. That of siding with Him against evil (vers. G. T. Shedd, D. D.)God's presenceArchbishop Temple. iii. "Forsake not the works of Thine own hands." The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. That exquisite pleasure in sin, which comes from its fancied concealment, is utter folly. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. Its offices are located in Omaha, Nebraska. The right state of mind plainly is to have the thought of God's presence so perpetually at hand that it shall always start before us whenever it is wanted. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands. Whose works of grace, in that same earth, have steadily built up a kingdom of love, of peace, of righteousness? Though the transgressor is ignorant of much of his sin, because, at the time of its commission, he sins blindly as well as wilfully, and unreflectingly as well as freely; and though the transgressor has forgotten much of that small amount of sin, of which he was conscious, and by which he was pained, at the time of its perpetration; though, on the side of man, the powers of self-inspection and memory have accomplished so little towards this preservation of man's sin, yet God knows it all, and remembers it all. Dry bones; hopeless situations have a spiritual ear. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. Jesus prayed all the time, and at any time. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. : While the Americans were blockading Cuba, several captains endeavoured to elude their vigilance by night, trusting that the darkness would conceal them as they passed between the American war-ships. Forasmuch as each man is a part of the human race, and human nature is something social, and hath for a great and natural good, the power also of friendship; on this account God willed to create all men out of one, in order that they might be held in their society not only by likeness of kind, but also by bond of kindred. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one St. There is, therefore, nothing wrong in our forgetting that we are in the presence of God any more than there is anything foolish in our forgetting that we need air to breathe or light to see by, or that if we fall we may hurt ourselves: just in the same way as we very often, and quite rightly, forget that we are in the company of men who will take notice of our faults. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. solely via the power of the Holy Spirit. Chapter i. 6. When David said the Lord will perfect all that concerns him, he meant that the Lord will fulfill His purpose for our . 8). God has made us so. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. To Dominicus, Bishop. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times." Psalm 34:15 Verse Concepts The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. 7 ad 3m II. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. Then up comes another fear. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. (1)There is the error that supposes that formal worship can be of any real worth. Home; About. 24).(W. Rom. xviii. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatHow those that are at Variance and those that are at Peace are to be Admonished. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. 23, 24). But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. He was saying I am certain, I am confident, I have no doubt in my mind that God will perfect that which concerns me. 23, 24). [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. 3. And when I wake up, you are still with me!" He will revive us."--HOS. The man replies, "I mean that whatever really concerns me the Lord will see after, and bring it to a perfect issue, whether it be what has to do with my outward circumstances, or with what is of far more importance - my standing in his sight, the condition of my soul. "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. GOD.1. 19 III. God has made us so. )PeopleDavid, PsalmistPlacesJerusalemTopicsAbandon, Accomplish, Age, Chief, Complete, Concerneth, Concerns, David, Endures, Endureth, Eternal, Everlasting, Fall, Forever, Forsake, Fulfil, Fulfill, Hands, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Musician, O, Perfect, Psalm, Purpose, Steadfast, WorksOutline1. Differently to be admonished are those that are at variance and those that are at peace. But He sees all, His eye takes in the immeasurable universe. Is the Contemplative Life wholly confined to the Intellect, or does the Will enter into it? The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. II. Nay, more, this process of self-inspection may go on indefinitely, and the man grow more and more thoughtful, and obtain an everlastingly augmenting knowledge of what he is and what he does, so that it shall seem to him that he is penetrating so deeply into those dim and shadowy regions of consciousness where the external life takes its very first start, and then he may be sure that God understands the thought that is afar off, and deep down, and that at this lowest range and plane in his experience he besets him behind and before.II. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. This was basically what David was doing when he declared The Lord will perfect that which concerns me., Scriptures:
In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. 7. You may say, It is the promise. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. Those who live much in refined and educated society acquire refinement insensibly. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] .
Psalm 138:8 Sermons: The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your To Dominicus, Bishop. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." iii. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. The answer is the same. 15. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. The thought will flash across us that God sees us. lxxxv. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. 1216141335123 . 6. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. We cannot get away from God's presence. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever--do not abandon the works of Your hands. The greater any man's nearness to God, the more intense is his abhorrence of the impiety which disowns or despises the living God. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . Persevere in what Thou hast begun." 18, 19. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. OURSELVES. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. (Weekly Pulpit. When David said the Lord will perfect that which concerns me, he was making a declaration of faith. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. 11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. For whereas man sinned, and is fallen, and by his fall all things are in confusion: death prevailed from Adam to Moses (cf. 1. This is living with God. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. We could never discharge our duties properly if we were to be perpetually distracted by the consciousness of what was around us: and, above all, we might be daunted by the perpetual thought of the presence of God, and so be paralyzed instead of helped. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. So, too, by living in the presence of God and, as it were, in the courts of heaven, we shall assuredly learn something of a heavenly tone, and shake off some of that coarse worldliness, that deeply ingrained selfishness, that silly pride and conceit which now spoils our very best service. The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers.
As for Me and My House: Winning the Battle for Your Family How shall we learn to walk by His side? The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv.