To err is human; to forgive ought to be human too

Posted by Fr Guy Hawtin, on July 24th, 2020
Fr Hawtin

By human standards, scribes and Pharisees get a really bum rap in the Gospels. Whenever Jesus encounters them he either makes fun of them or he dresses them down, calling them rude names. Yet by human standards, they were quite admirable people.

They lived very active religious lives. Most of them went to church morning . . . → Read More: To err is human; to forgive ought to be human too

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Saint Thomas à Kempis

Posted by petrus, on July 24th, 2020
Thomas von Kempen JS

A contemporary portrait of St Thomas à Kempis, painted by an anonymous painter eleven years before Thomas’s death.

Holy Father, who hast nourished and strengthened thy Church by the inspired writings of thy servant Thomas a Kempis: Grant that we may learn from him to know what is necessary to be known, to . . . → Read More: Saint Thomas à Kempis

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