If, Therefore, There Is Any Grace In

We Often Find Comfort In Telling What Is Painful In Actual Experience.

The Sun Penetrates Crystal And Makes It More Dazzling. In The Same Way, The Sanctifying Spirit Indwells In Souls And Makes Them More Radiant. They Become Like So Many Powerhouses Beaming Grace And Love Around Them.

Does Not The Gratitude Of The Dog Put To Shame Any Man Who Is Ungrateful To His Benefactors?

Reprimand And Rebuke Should Be Accepted As Healing Remedies For Vice And As Conducive To Good Health. From This It Is Clear That Those Who Pretend To Be Tolerant Because They Wish To Flatter---those Who Thus Fail To Correct Sinners---actually Cause Them To Suffer Supreme Loss And Plot The Destruction Of That Life Which Is Their True Life.

If Someone Has Repented Once Of A Sin, And Again Does The Same Sin, This Is A Sign That He Has Not Been Cleansed Of The Causes Of The Sin, Wherefrom, As From A Root, The Shoots Spring Forth Again.