"This cry for deliverance is an act of hope toward God who suffered that all might be saved and rejoice." John Gavin, SJ
Mysteries of the Lord's #Prayer: Wisdom from the Early Church. #OurFather #ButDeliverUs
"...'peirasmos,' whether a trial or temptation, can lead one to a perversion of nature and the abandonment of God."
Mysteries of the Lord's #Prayer: Wisdom from the Early Church. #OurFather #ButDeliverUs
"...the [Church] Fathers do not make strict distinctions between 'peirasmos' as trial or temptation, seeing the term as a designation for the pervasive and destructive presence of evil in the world..."
Mysteries of the Lord's #Prayer: Wisdom from the Early Church. #OurFather #ButDeliverUs
