“The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”

1   Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.  2        Worship the LORD with gladness;            come into his presence with singing. 3   Know that the LORD is God.            It is he that made us, and we are his;            we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4   Enter his gates with thanksgiving,            and his courts…

21Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. 23“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to…

14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16“It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you…

73bWhen the seventh month came — the people of Israel being settled in their towns — 8:1all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had given to Israel. 2Accordingly, the priest Ezra brought the law before…

“We breathe for the sake of breathing, eat and drink for the sake of eating and drinking, we take shelter for the sake of taking shelter, we study to satisfy our curiosity, we take a walk for the walk. All that’s not for the sake of living, it is living. Life is a sincerity.”

1   The LORD answer you in the day of trouble!            The name of the God of Jacob protect you!  2   May he send you help from the sanctuary,            and give you support from Zion.  3   May he remember all your offerings,            and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices.                    Selah 4   May he grant your heart’s desire            and fulfill all your…

10“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven. 12What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains…

6And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, for the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7“See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8I,…

26“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their backs and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies. 27Therefore you gave them into the hands of their enemies, who made them suffer. Then in the time of their…