Yelchaninov: lost childhood

Monday, September 29, 2014
    Feast of Michael & All Angels
Meditation:
    And [Jesus] said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
    —Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Childlikeness is lost in life and recovered in holiness.
    ... Alexander Yelchaninov (1881-1934), Fragments of a Diary: 1881-1934, in A Treasury of Russian Spirituality, Georgii Petrovich Fedotov, ed., Nordland, 1975, p. 450 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 18:3-4; Isa. 11:2-3; Matt. 10:16; Mark 10:14-15; Luke 18:16-17; Rom. 16:19; 1 Cor. 14:20
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may I be as a child in Your sight. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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