Scripture Meditation: Ambrose on Scripture as a Mirror
Teaching on Scripture Meditation from Ambrose of Milan: Ambrose on Scripture as a Mirror
This is a spiritual discipline on memorization and mirror, drawing on James 1:23-25, Psalm 119:11 and 2 Timothy 2:15.
Ambrose of Milan (d. 397) taught that Scripture serves as a mirror for the soul. He wrote: "As a mirror reveals the face, so the divine Scriptures reveal the heart." When we read Scripture, we see both who we are and who God calls us to become. Ambrose was himself converted partly through hearing the Scriptures chanted in worship, and he passed on a deep love for the sung and spoken word.…
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