Thursday, February 19, 2009

"We offer unto thee, the living, the true, the eternal God."
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"At these words I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken.  I thought to myself, 'With what tongue shall I address such majesty, seeing that all men ought to tremble in the presence of even an earthly prince?  Who am I, that I should lift up mine eyes or raise my hands to the divine Majesty?  The angels surround him.  At his nod the earth trembles.  And shall I, a miserable pygmy, say 'I want this, I ask for that?' For I am dust and ashes and full of sin and I am speaking to the living, eternal and true God."

-Martin Luther