Not exact matches
Lee's announcement acquired a combined response, with some neighborhood members
praising him for his «
sacrifice» and others questioning whether or not his lack
of «skin
in the game» will truly make him less - invested
in Litecoin's long - term success.
I know that wherever we are
in our personal beliefs about the nature
of Christ, he will draw all who
praise him and accept his
sacrifice into a perfect bond
of union then everything will be clear (1 Corinthians 13:12)
«The Eucharist is the heart and the summit
of the Church's life, for
in it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving offered once for all on the cross to his Father; by this
sacrifice he pours out the graces
of salvation on his Body which is the Church.»
Without sin, Christ would have been «the
Sacrifice of Praise»: the Eucharist, thanksgiving
in its fullest sense.
But this «Therefore» doesn't make sense if you look a the end
of chapter 11, where Paul has digressed
in a lengthy doxology, which while it discusses intriguing mysteries
of God and
praises God, doesn't lead to the logical conclusion that we should present ourselves as living
sacrifices to him, but if you read into that «οὖν» an «as I was saying earlier», you can see that before the doxology he issued an important warning
in Romans 11:22 — if God is willing enough to be so severe as to cut
of the natural branches (the Jews) he will certainly be willing to cut
of the ones that have been grafted on (the Gentiles); Romans 12:1 - 2 is a very logical «therefore» to follow Romans 11:21 - 24.
Here is exactly what one
of the thanksgiving prayers
in the Eucharist asks: that we «offer God our souls and bodies, to be a living
sacrifice», which means that we know ourselves to be «sent out to live and work to God's
praise and glory.»
In this «sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,» singing together the Christian songs of joy and kneeling together to receive the gifts, they find not only Christ's presence made real but also that since «he is in us, and we in him» they may themselves «be perfected in one.&raqu
In this «
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,» singing together the Christian songs
of joy and kneeling together to receive the gifts, they find not only Christ's presence made real but also that since «he is
in us, and we in him» they may themselves «be perfected in one.&raqu
in us, and we
in him» they may themselves «be perfected in one.&raqu
in him» they may themselves «be perfected
in one.&raqu
in one.»
What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty
of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and
praise, faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially
of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists
in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement
of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution
of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness
of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness
of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever
sacrifice of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the sign» a carelessness
of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness
of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say)
of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»
It is all one and the same gift: The animals get their food as he gives food to those who can hear his word and can offer him
in return the
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, functioning as priests on behalf
of the whole creation.
this
sacrifice of praise, although it seems to be specially offered by a single Priest, is really offered by all the faithful, women as well as men; for those things which he touches with his hands
in offering them to God are committed to God by the deep inward devotion
of the whole multitude.
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