God commanded the skies above,
and opened the doors of heaven;
he rained down on them manna to eat,
and gave them the grain of heaven.
Mortals ate of the bread of angels;
he sent them food in abundance.
[Psalm 78:23-25]
“Blest be God the Father, and the only Begotten Son of God,
and also, the Holy Spirit, for he
has shown us his merciful love.”
[Entrance Antiphon, Trinity Sunday]
“To err is human, to forgive divine. All people commit sins and make mistakes. God forgives them, and people are acting in a godlike (divine) way when they forgive.”
[Alexander Pope]
“Beloved: Clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for:
God opposes the proud
but bestows favor on the humble.
So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your worries on him because he cares for you.”
[1Peter 5.5b-7]
“And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him, He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, Ephphatha! (that is, Be opened!) And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.”
[Mark 7.32-35]
“Make no mistake about it, no one makes a fool of God! A man will reap only what he sows. If he sows in the field of the flesh, he will reap a harvest of corruption; but if his seed-ground is the spirit, he will reap everlasting life.”
[Galatians 6. 7-8]
“While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, ‘Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer.’ Disregarding the message that was reported,
Jesus said to the synagogue official,
‘Do not be afraid; just have faith.’”
[Mark 5. 35-36]
“Set, O Lord, a guard
over my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips!
Do not turn my heart to things that are wrong, to evil deeds with men
who are sinners.”
[Psalm 141]