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SIN IN GOD’S SIGHT

“Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: so you are right in your verdict, and justified when you judge.”...

“Then he said to them, ‘Therefore every scribe who is instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who brings forth...

“Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.” (A doxology of Byzantine-Rite...

Jesus prays for His followers to the Father: “I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the...

“He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30) St. John the Baptist says these words about Christ. Although St. John was a...

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made...

“I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” (Psalm 33/34:1) In all my activities and interactions...

“While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him,...

“He put another parable before them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while...

“Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, ‘Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and...