Herbert: practicing what we pray

Thursday, February 5, 2026
    Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597
Meditation:
    Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
    —John 9:31 (KJV)
Quotation:
    If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, surely I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practise what I pray for.
    ... George Herbert (1593-1633), The Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson, Izaak Walton, London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co., 1853, p. 77 (see the book)
    See also John 9:31; Ps. 39:4; Matt. 6:12
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, extinguish the vanity in my prayers. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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