Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Martin Luther Martín Lutero

“Therefore, my sweet brother, learn Christ and him crucified; learn to pray to him despairing of yourself, saying: Thou, Lord Jesus, art my righteousness, but I am thy sin; thou has taken on thyself what thou wast not, and hast given to me what I was not. Beware of aspiring to such purity that you will not wish to seem to yourself, or to be, a sinner. For Christ only dwells in sinners. For that reason he descended from heaven, where he dwelt among the righteous, that he might dwell among sinners. Consider that kindness of His, and you will see his sweetest consolation. . . .” Martin Luther, Letter to his friend and colleague George Spalatin, 1516

“Así que mi querido hermano, aprende Cristo y él crucificado; aprende a orar a él menospreciando a ti mismo, diciendo: Tú, Señor Jesús, eres mi justicia, pero yo soy tu pecado; tú has tomado sobre ti lo que no eras, y me has hecho lo que no era. Ten cuidado de aspirar a poseer tanta pureza hasta no desear perecer o ser un pecador. Cristo solo habita en los pecadores. Por este motivo descendió del cielo, donde moraba entre los justos, para poder morar entre pecadores. Considera la bondad de Cristo y verás Su más dullce consolación”… Martín Lutero, carta a su amigo y colega George Spalatin, 1516.

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