Patience outfits faith, guides peace, assists love, equips humility, waits for penitence, seals confession, keeps the flesh in check, preserves the spirit, bridles the tongue, restrains the hands, tramples temptation underfoot, removes what causes us to stumble, brings martyrdom to perfection; it lightens the care of the poor, teaches moderation …
There I was, sitting comfortably, not much on my mind, no deep thoughts, when hundreds of long, floppy, blue tentacles suddenly approached and surrounded me. Soon gushes of water threatened me from all sides, and I wondered what bruising or bashing would come next. Darkness took over. I heard pounding …
Si eres dado a la bondad, mansedumbre y dulzura, muchos pensarán que eres débil. Y si verdaderamente eres bondadoso, manso y dulce, tu única defensa será una mayor bondad, mansedumbre y dulzura. No importa lo que sufras no rindas lo que el Espíritu ha hecho nacer en ti por lo …
Making the choice to love in the face of hate is not easy when the world proclaims self-protection and individualism. It makes no sense in a world of brutes to speak of a Gospel of weakness. In fact, it may leave you trampled, bruised, and threadbare but the truth of God’s prescribed meekness, of Christ’s exemplified meekness, is inescapable.