Quotes and Readings of the Day

Matthew 7:7-14

Ask, Search, Knock


‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? Or if the child asks for a fish, will give a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Golden Rule


‘In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.

The Narrow Gate

‘Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

From the New Revised Standard Version. Reprinted with permission from HarperBibles.

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Numbers 7:72-7:89

On the eleventh day, it was the chieftain of the Asherites, Pagiel son of Ochran. His offering: one silver bowl weighing 130 shekels and one silver basin of 70 shekels by the sanctuary weight, both filled with choice flour with oil mixed in, for a meal offering; one gold ladle of 10 shekels, filled with incense; one bull of the herd, one ram, and one lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; one goat for a sin offering; and for his sacrifice of well-being: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs. That was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.

On the twelfth day, it was the chieftain of the Naphtalites, Ahira son of Enan. His offering: one silver bowl weighing 130 shekels and one silver basin of 70 shekels by the sanctuary weight, both filled with choice flour with oil mixed in, for a meal offering; one gold ladle of 10 shekels, filled with incense; one bull of the herd, one ram, and one lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; one goat for a sin offering; and for his sacrifice of well-being: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs. That was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

This was the dedication offering for the altar from the chieftains of Israel upon its being anointed: silver bowls, 12; silver basins, 12; gold ladles, 12. Silver per bowl, 130; per basin, 70. Total silver of vessels, 2,400 sanctuary shekels. The 12 gold ladles filled with incense--10 sanctuary shekels per ladle--total gold of the ladles, 120.

Total of herd animals for burnt offerings, 12 bulls; of rams, 12; of yearling lambs, 12--with their proper meal offerings; of goats for sin offerings, 12. Total of herd animals for sacrifices of well-being, 24 bulls; of rams, 60; of he-goats, 60; of yearling lambs, 60. That was the dedication offering for the altar after its anointing.

When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Pact between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.

From Parshat Naso. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. Used by permission.

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Angels tolerate and accept our shortcomings. We'd do well to emulate the example.

-Dan Martell,
"About Angels"

From "Angels All Around Us." Compiled by Karen Maguire. Reprinted by arrangement with Andrews McMeel Publishing.

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Friends, I know nothing which brings suffering as does an untamed, uncontrolled, unattended and unrestrained heart. Such a heart brings suffering.

-Anguttara Nikaya

From "Teachings of the Buddha," edited by Jack Kornfield, 1993. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com.

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God holds my world together.

-Naomi Judd

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When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.

-Luis Palau

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Buy bleach-free toilet paper that is made from post-consumer waste.

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"Just living isn't enough," said the butterfly, "one must also have freedom, sunshine, and a little flower."

-Hans Christian Anderson (submitted by vvivv)

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Works? Works? A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!

-George Whitefield

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When our hope breaks, let our patience hold.

-Thomas Fuller

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Between the pillars of spirit and matter the mind has put up a swing. There swings the bound soul and all the worlds with not even the slightest rest. The sun and moon also swing, and there is no end to it. The soul swings through millions of births like the endless circling of sun and moon. Billions of ages have passed with no sigh of relief. The earth and sky swing, Wind and water swing, Taking a body, God Himself swings.

Kabir

From 'Teachings of the Hindu Mystics', © 2001 by Andrew Harvey. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publications, Boston, www.shambhala.com

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Keep attentive between the two breaths. Forget breaths. Keep attentive in between. Breathe the intangible breath – the invisible part of breath.

-Rajneesh

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Think about playing great, having a great time.

-Deion Sanders

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Rabbi Elazar would first give a coin to a poor man, and then pray.

-Babylonian Talmud, Bava Bathra 10a

As cited in "Jewish Wisdom" by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

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Every night during a certain hour the blessings of both this world and the next are bestowed upon those who seek.

-Hadith The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ja'bir bin Abd'Allah

The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Ja'bir bin Abd'Allah

From "The Bounty of Allah." Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999. All rights reserved. Used with permission of The Crossroad Publishing Company, New York.

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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.

-William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

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