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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Robertson: the purpose of prayer

Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380
Meditation:
But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house;
in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
—Psalm 5:7 (NIV)

Quotation:
The Divine Wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.
... Frederick W. Robertson (1816-1853), Sermons, v. IV, Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1866, p. 34 (see the book)
See also Ps. 5:7; 85:8; Luke 22:43; Rom. 8:34; 2 Cor. 12:10; Eph. 3:16; 2 Thess. 3:3

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, make my heart into a heart of prayer.
 
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