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Notes:
Aldehyde, Ambrette seed absolute, Bergamot, Black Spruce, Black tea absolute, Port Oxford Cedarwood, Civet Absolute, Clary Sage, Deer Musk, Hay Absolute, Heliotrope, Jasmine absolute, Labdanum, Lavender, Lily of the valley, Mate absolute, Mimosa Absolute, Narcissus, Neroli oil, Oakmoss, Orange flower absolute, Patchouli, Petitgrain, Pine needle, Pine tar, Sage, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Tonka bean, Vanilla, VetiverDescription:
“For, ‘The heart of them that seek the Lord shall rejoice.’ ‘Seek ye the Lord,’ ye condemned, and ‘be strengthened’ with hope; ‘seek His face’ (Psalms 104:3–4) through repentance, and sanctify yourselves by the holiness of His face, and you will be thoroughly purged from your sins.
Run to the Lord, all you that are guilty of sin, to Him that has the power to pardon sins and overlook transgressions. For He has spoken to His Prophet an oath, saying, ‘As I live, saith the Lord, I wish not the death of a sinner, but that he return and live’ (Ezekiel 33:11). And again, ‘I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious and gainsaying people’ (Isaiah 65:2). And again, ‘Wherefore do ye die the death, O house of Israel?’ (cf. Ezekiel 33:11). And again, ‘Return to Me, and I will return unto you’ (Malachi 3:7).
And again: ‘In what day soever the sinner shall return from his way and return unto the Lord, and execute judgment and righteousness, I will not remember his iniquities; but living he shall live, saith the Lord. And if the righteous shall forsake his righteousness, and if sinning he do wrong, I will not remember his righteousness, but it will lay a stumbling-block before him; and he shall die in the darkness of his works, because he abode in them’ (Ezekiel 33:14–15).
Why so? Because the sinner will not stumble over his sin when he returns to the Lord. And the righteousness of the just will not redeem him when he sins, if he persists in such sinning.
But God spoke this also to Jeremias: ‘Take thee a parchment, and write all things that I have spoken unto thee from the days of Josias the king of Judah unto this day, all the evil things that I spake unto thee, saying that I would bring them upon this people: that when he hath heard it and been afraid, a man might forsake his wicked way; and returning they may repent, and I may take away their sins’ (cf. Jeremiah 36:2–3).
And Wisdom has said: ‘He that covereth his sin shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth his sins and leaveth them shall obtain mercy from God’ (Proverbs 28:13).
And Esaias says: ‘Seek ye the Lord, and when you have found Him, call upon Him: and when He shall draw nigh, let the sinner forsake his privy way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts, and return unto Me, and I will have mercy upon you. For My thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are My ways as your ways’ (Isaiah 55:6–9).
‘If then ye hear Me, ye shall eat the good of the land’ (Isaiah 1:19). Come unto Me and obey Me, and with your soul ye shall live. Whenever you keep the ways of the Lord and do His will, then put your hope in the Lord and call on Him; and ‘as soon as you cry out, He will say to you: “Behold, I am here!”’ (Isaiah 58:9).
-St. Isaac, Homilies
Parfum Extrait
Notes:
Aldehyde, Ambrette seed absolute, Bergamot, Black Spruce, Black tea absolute, Port Oxford Cedarwood, Civet Absolute, Clary Sage, Deer Musk, Hay Absolute, Heliotrope, Jasmine absolute, Labdanum, Lavender, Lily of the valley, Mate absolute, Mimosa Absolute, Narcissus, Neroli oil, Oakmoss, Orange flower absolute, Patchouli, Petitgrain, Pine needle, Pine tar, Sage, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Tonka bean, Vanilla, VetiverDescription:
“For, ‘The heart of them that seek the Lord shall rejoice.’ ‘Seek ye the Lord,’ ye condemned, and ‘be strengthened’ with hope; ‘seek His face’ (Psalms 104:3–4) through repentance, and sanctify yourselves by the holiness of His face, and you will be thoroughly purged from your sins.
Run to the Lord, all you that are guilty of sin, to Him that has the power to pardon sins and overlook transgressions. For He has spoken to His Prophet an oath, saying, ‘As I live, saith the Lord, I wish not the death of a sinner, but that he return and live’ (Ezekiel 33:11). And again, ‘I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious and gainsaying people’ (Isaiah 65:2). And again, ‘Wherefore do ye die the death, O house of Israel?’ (cf. Ezekiel 33:11). And again, ‘Return to Me, and I will return unto you’ (Malachi 3:7).
And again: ‘In what day soever the sinner shall return from his way and return unto the Lord, and execute judgment and righteousness, I will not remember his iniquities; but living he shall live, saith the Lord. And if the righteous shall forsake his righteousness, and if sinning he do wrong, I will not remember his righteousness, but it will lay a stumbling-block before him; and he shall die in the darkness of his works, because he abode in them’ (Ezekiel 33:14–15).
Why so? Because the sinner will not stumble over his sin when he returns to the Lord. And the righteousness of the just will not redeem him when he sins, if he persists in such sinning.
But God spoke this also to Jeremias: ‘Take thee a parchment, and write all things that I have spoken unto thee from the days of Josias the king of Judah unto this day, all the evil things that I spake unto thee, saying that I would bring them upon this people: that when he hath heard it and been afraid, a man might forsake his wicked way; and returning they may repent, and I may take away their sins’ (cf. Jeremiah 36:2–3).
And Wisdom has said: ‘He that covereth his sin shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth his sins and leaveth them shall obtain mercy from God’ (Proverbs 28:13).
And Esaias says: ‘Seek ye the Lord, and when you have found Him, call upon Him: and when He shall draw nigh, let the sinner forsake his privy way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts, and return unto Me, and I will have mercy upon you. For My thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are My ways as your ways’ (Isaiah 55:6–9).
‘If then ye hear Me, ye shall eat the good of the land’ (Isaiah 1:19). Come unto Me and obey Me, and with your soul ye shall live. Whenever you keep the ways of the Lord and do His will, then put your hope in the Lord and call on Him; and ‘as soon as you cry out, He will say to you: “Behold, I am here!”’ (Isaiah 58:9).
-St. Isaac, Homilies