Emphasis Preaching Journal
For I desire steadfast love...
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"For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings." (Verse 6)
The knowledge of God comes by word and deed. The Rev. Gregory Oravec, O.S.B., sent an illustration of this to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
In the country church of a small village an altar boy, serving the priest at Sunday mass, accidentally dropped the cruet of wine. The village priest struck the altar boy sharply on the cheek and, in a gruff voice, shouted: "Leave the altar and don't come back!" That boy became Tito, the Communist leader.
The knowledge of God comes by word and deed. The Rev. Gregory Oravec, O.S.B., sent an illustration of this to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
In the country church of a small village an altar boy, serving the priest at Sunday mass, accidentally dropped the cruet of wine. The village priest struck the altar boy sharply on the cheek and, in a gruff voice, shouted: "Leave the altar and don't come back!" That boy became Tito, the Communist leader.
