 | Alfonso Maria de' Liguori (st.) - 1834 - 188 pages
...not heard. ' There was,' said he, ' given me a sting of the flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me; for which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me; and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee.',^2 Cor. xii.7. Thus even in our temptations, we... | |
 | 1835 - 360 pages
...revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of satán, to buffet me. 8 For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said to me : my grace is sufficient for thee : for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1856 - 1210 pages
...revelations should lift me up, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of satan, to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me : and he said to me : My grace is sufficient for thee ; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly... | |
 | Saint Alfonso Maria de' Liguori - Christian heresies - 1857 - 654 pages
...alone was sufficient: " There was given to me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me, which thing thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart from me, and he said to me : My grace is sufficient for thee, for power is made perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor.... | |
 | Henry Gibson - 1874 - 338 pages
...he says, " should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And he waid to me, .!/»/ </race is sufficient for thee ; for power in mmle perf*et in infirmity."*... | |
 | Angelo Agostino Scotti (abp. of Thessalonica.) - 1874 - 610 pages
...revelations should exalt me, there was giyen me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me : for which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me : and He said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for power is made perfect in infirmity " (2... | |
 | William Acton - Adulthood - 1875 - 316 pages
...was tempted against purity. ' There was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan to bufl'et me ' (2 Cor. xii, 7.) He several times implored the....... " 3. After the suggestion comes the delectation, ffihen a person is not careful to banish the temptation immediately, but stops to reason \vlth_it,... | |
 | Alonso de Andrade - 1879 - 252 pages
...revelations should lift me up, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me ; for which thing thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart from me." Wherein the 1 a Cor. xii. Apostle proclaims, first, that God sent him the temptation for the increase... | |
 | 1879 - 454 pages
...revelations should lift me up, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me : and he said to me : My grace is sufficient for thee : for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly... | |
 | Richard Challoner (bp. of Debra.) - 1884 - 432 pages
...revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly... | |
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And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. For which thing thrice I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me. And he said to me : My grace is sufficient for... 
