Isaiah 1:12
Douay-Rheims
When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?
Augustine of Hippo
God seeks us, not what's ours. Anyway, the Christian's sacrifice is alms, or kindness to the poor. That is what makes God lenient toward sins.
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A.D. 430 · on Isa 1:12 (SERMON 42:1)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.