[Officium]
S. Antonii Máriae Zacharia Confessor

[Lectio7]
Evangélium szent Márk szerint
!Mark 10:15-21
Azon időben így szólt Jézus a tanítványaihoz: Bizony mondom nektek, aki nem úgy fogadja az Isten országát, mint egy gyermek, nem jut be oda. Azután megölelte, és kezét rájuk téve megáldotta őket. Amikor útnak indult, odasietett hozzá valaki, térdre borult előtte, és úgy kérdezte: Jó Mester! Mit tegyek, hogy elnyerjem az örök életet? És így tovább
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Homily by St Austin, Bishop (of Hippo.)
!Sermon 47 : various.
That which the Lord commandeth hard and heavy seemeth : (Come, take up the Cross, and follow Me ; and as it is written elsewhere,) If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (Matth. xvi. 24.) But neither hard nor heavy is that which He commandeth when He that commandeth giveth help to fulfil. That is true which is said in Ps. xvi. 5, By the words of Thy lips I have kept me to strait paths. That which is hard in the commandment love maketh easy. How great is the power of love, we know. And what signifieth this, let him deny ? Let him put no trust in himself, let him feel that he is man, and let him have regard unto that which was spoken of the prophet, (Jer. xvii. 5,) saying, Cursed be the man that trusteth in men. Let him mistrust himself, but not to sink; let him mistrust himself, that he may cleave unto God.