Self-knowledge without shame

Sunday, July 19, 2009
    Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379

Meditation:
    [Jesus:] For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.
    —Luke 8:17 (NIV)

Quotation:
    All angels, all saints, all the devils, all the world shall know all the deeds that ever thou didest, though thou have been shriven of them and contrite. But this knowledge shall be no shame to thee if that thou be saved, but rather a witness to God—right as we read of the deeds of Mary Magdalene [as] her witness to God and not to her reproof.
    ... Middle English Sermons, Woodburn O. Ross, ed. by H. Milford, London: Oxford University Press, 1940 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, there is nothing that You cannot transform into a blessing.

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