[Officium]
Quarta die infra Octavam Nativitatis S. Joannis Baptistae

[Lectio7]
From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
!Luke 1:57-68
57 Elérkezett Erzsébet szülésének ideje, és fiút szült.
58 Amikor a szomszédok és rokonok meghallották, hogy milyen nagyra méltatta az Úr irgalmában, vele örültek. És így tovább
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From the Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
!Bk. ii. on Luke's
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied. Behold how good is God, and how ready to forgive sinners Not only doth He give back that which He hath taken away, but He addeth moreover such and such things, more than either we ask or think. He that had hitherto been dumb, now speaketh prophecy. But the greatest grace of God is in this, that he which had denied, now maketh profession. Therefore let no man despair, nay, though he well knoweth what have been his past sins, let him never give up hope of a reward from God. If thou knowest how to amend thy crooked ways, God knoweth how to turn away the judgments of His anger.