Quotemeal: May. 18th, 2003

Sunday, May 18, 2003

"Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction."
— Alphonsus Liguori

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"The Spirit breathes upon the Word,|And brings the truth to sight."
— William Cowper —
"It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you."
— Timothy Keller —

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Illustration of Alphonsus Liguori — "Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction."

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