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Posts tagged St. Simon & St. Jude the Apostles
Jesus Is a Friend of Yours

Here within His Church all your sins are freely and fully forgiven. Here you are safe, and here you are loved by God Himself in the Flesh. Here you are fed with the good Fruits of His Cross. Here you are given the Life of your dear Lord Jesus Christ. And though you do not yet see Him, what is now revealed to you by the Gospel, under the Cross, shall be openly revealed in the Glory of His Resurrection at the last, when your faith and life in Christ Jesus will be shown to be more precious than gold. As it was for St. Simon and St. Jude and all the Holy Apostles, so it is for you and all the friends of Jesus, and so shall it be for you and all the faithful, forever and forevermore.

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As Men Leading Lives of Quiet Expectation

Since we have this Ministry, and as we have received mercy, let us not lose heart. Though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day; and this momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison. Therefore, do not consider the things which are seen, but those things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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