tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post8457765747680167362..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: Lord, If You Wish, You Can Make Me Clean.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-51046968729844303772010-06-25T03:35:24.391-04:002010-06-25T03:35:24.391-04:00According to Jeremiah (who had repeatedly been pro...According to Jeremiah (who had repeatedly been proved a true prophet) all Zedekiah had to do to save himself, his family and the city was to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar. It was very simple. He just had to trust in Yahweh's word. The healing of the leper also shows the power of simply trusting in God's word.<br /><br />Jeremiah seems to have resorted to verse in his attempts to persuade people. Today is, apparently, the feast of St Prosper of Aquitaine, a lay theologian who worked at the court of Pope Leo the Great in the fifth century. He too was a great versifier, setting the Augustinian doctrine of grace to verse in 1002 hexameters. Most charmingly, he also facilitated his happy marriage by corresponding with his wife in verse! Something to try, perhaps!Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com