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1 | so a man thinketh so is he | Bible general Archive 2 | melissa shannon | 118377 | ||
do god refer to the heart as the mind in the bible? | ||||||
2 | so a man thinketh so is he | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 118378 | ||
"Prayer as covenant 2562 Where does prayer come from? Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays. But in naming the source of prayer, Scripture speaks sometimes of the soul or the spirit, but most often of the heart (more than a thousand times). According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain. 2563 The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place "to which I withdraw." The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant. 2564 Christian prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. It is the action of God and of man, apringing forth from both the Holy Spirit and ourselves, wholly directed to the Father, in union with the human will of the Son of God made man. I. PURIFICATION OF THE HEART 2517 The heart is the seat of moral personality: "Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication. . . . "305 The struggle against carnal covetousness entails purifying the heart and practicing temperance: Remain simple and innocent, and you will be like little children who do not know the evil that destroys man's life.306 2518 The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."307 "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity;308 chastity or sexual rectitude;309 love of truth and orthodoxy of faith.310 There is a connection between purity of heart, of body, and of faith: The faithful must believe the articles of the Creed "so that by believing they may obey God, by obeying may live well, by living well may purify their hearts, and with pure hearts may understand what they believe."311 2519 The "pure in heart" are promised that they will see God face to face and be like him.312 Purity of heart is the precondition of the vision of God. Even now it enables us to see according to God, to accept others as "neighbors"; it lets us perceive the human body - ours and our neighbor's - as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a manifestation of divine beauty. 305 Mt 15:19. 306 Pastor Hermae, Mandate 2,1:PG 2,916. 307 Mt 5:8. 308 Cf. 1 Tim 4:3-9; 2 Tim 2:22. 309 Cf. 1 Thess 4:7; Col 3:5; Eph 4:19. 310 Cf. Titus 1:15; 1 Tim 1:3-4; 2 Tim 2:23-26. 311 St. Augustine, Defide et symbolo 10,25:PL 40,196. 312 Cf. 1 Cor 13:12; 1 Jn 3:2." http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.htm |
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