Thus this Holy Supper will transform our souls; this most divine sacrament will make us divine men, until finally we shall enter upon the fulness of the blessedness that is to come, filled with all the fullness of God, and wholly like Him. - Johann Gerhard, *Sacred Meditations* XX
15 December 2006
Old Lutheran Quote of the Day
Thus this Holy Supper will transform our souls; this most divine sacrament will make us divine men, until finally we shall enter upon the fulness of the blessedness that is to come, filled with all the fullness of God, and wholly like Him. - Johann Gerhard, *Sacred Meditations* XX
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2 comments:
Huh, is this how we not only preach sanctification, but perhaps receive it? Works for me!
Jim,
It works for us all! The Blessed Eucharist is the foundation of sanctification: "E'en as the branch is in the tree, Your life, my life supplying."
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