We carry the treasure of the light of Christ in earthen vessels so that it may be quite clear that the radiance comes from God, not from us.

Turn to God who will forgive freely. For, thus says the Lord, my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways.

We have been given possession of a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us then be thankful and praise God.

God is my rock and my stronghold, one worthy of praise. I called on the Lord and have been saved.

John writes: Whoever claims to be in Christ must walk as he did.

All your commands are trustworthy, O God; help me, for I am persecuted without cause. True to your faithful love, give me life.

St. Paul writes: If we have died with Christ, then we shall also live with him.

Paul writes: I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the communion in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so somehow to attain to the resurrection from the dead.