The Father loves the Son without any end, and this is how the Son loves His people. Saint, you need not fear the prospect of death, for His love for you will never cease.

Lord, give us grace to climb to this seventh beatitude! Purify our minds that we may be “first pure, then peaceable”, and fortify our souls so that our peaceableness may not lead us into cowardice and despair when we are persecuted for Your sake.

MARCH 16 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.(Psalm 19:13) Such was the prayer of the “man after God’s own heart.” Did holy David need to pray like this? How needful, then, such a prayer must be for us babes in grace! It is as if he said, “Keep me back, or I shall…

Be on your guard. When a man carries fireworks in his hand, he should be careful not to go near a candle, and you, too, must take care not to succumb to temptation.

Return, return, return! Jesus is waiting for you! He will stretch forth His hand and pull you in—into Himself, your heart’s true home.

In the life of faith, neutrality is not an option. We are either ranked under the banner of the Lord Jesus, to serve and fight His battles, or we are slaves of the dark prince, Satan. “To whom do you belong?”

Glory be to unconquerable grace; we were sought out! No darkness could hide us, no filthiness could conceal us; we were found and brought home. Glory be to infinite love—God the Holy Spirit restored us!

Beloved reader, do not set your affections upon things of earth, but seek those things that are above, for here the moth devours, and the thief steals, but there all joys are perpetual and eternal.

You have a difficult road before you: Make sure, pilgrim, that you do not go without your guide. You have to pass through the fiery furnace; do not enter unless, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you have the Son of God to be your companion.

Dark clouds distil bright drops, and black earth grows lovely flowers. A vein of good is to be found in every mine of evil.