For he who «bestows food or
raiment on the poor, yet is stained with wickedness in his soul or body, offers the lesser to righteousness and the greater to sin,» for in giving to God his possessions he abandons his soul to death.19
Not exact matches
Thus the God takes pleasure in arraying the lily in a garb more glorious than that of Solomon; but if there could be any thought of an understanding here, would it not be a sorry delusion of the lily's, if when it looked upon its fine
raiment it thought that it was
on account of the
raiment that the God loved it?
«I had to ride in
on a horse... a giant Clydesdale adorned in Indian
raiments,» recalls David of the Hindu wedding tradition.
Just as Samuel came up from Sheol in visible presence, clothed as he was
on earth, so the shade of Patroklos is described in the Iliad as «in all things like his living self, in stature, and fair eyes, and voice, and the
raiment of his body was the same.»
And Saul disguised himself, and put
on other
raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
It is indeed like a changing of
raiment to lay off manyness, in order rightly to center down upon one thing; to interrupt the busy course of activity, in order to put
on the quiet of contemplation and be at one with oneself.
Transfigured
on a mount the Master stood, His
raiment white, and dazzling to the sight In radiance divine.
It's a powerful, disturbing crisis of faith drama that takes
on the
raiments of a thriller, and a tour de force for the understated acting of Ethan Hawke.
Its hero is a young woman who dons the
raiment of the patriarchy at the end, lets blood
on a field of flowers (one of a series of literal and metaphorical deflowerings), and stalks into the world fully - formed and dangerous.
In addition to Noctis himself, the DLC will include new background music (Stand Your Ground and Apocalypsis Noctis Remix), five alternate outfits (Casual Style, Royal
Raiment, Choco - Mog Style, Fighting King's
Raiment, and the Kingly
Raiment) and a new stage, Hammerhead, based
on Cid and Cindy's service station hub from the early part of Final Fantasy XV.
My personal favorite part of the Diane Ravitch myth is when, clad in the
raiment of Athena, she upbraided King Eurystheus for setting the 12 labors before Heracles, calling it a «dangerous overemphasis
on testing.»
During Rites, the characters
on both sides are reduced to identical sprites (barring the colors of their
raiments indicating which triumvirate they belong to) based
on species.
The «Kingly
Raiment» costume is based
on the final chapter outfit that Noctis wears in Final Fantasy XV.
He also comes with a «Royal
Raiment» costume, featuring him in a pinstriped black and white suit, along with a «Fighting King's
Raiment» costume, which is a long coat with bladed emblems
on the wrist and a full head cover, not unlike Jin's costume.
In a fascinating inversion of this paradigm, Takako Yamaguchi meditates
on her own
raiment via laboriously realistic painting.
Writhe and rend your
raiment about how tough the press are
on you and how a journalist this time hasn't presented your case in the most favourable light.