Sermons

“There were two men in the same city, one rich and one poor.  The rich man had very large flocks and herds, but the poor man had only one little ewe lamb that he had bought.  He tended it and it grew up together with him and his children: it used to share his morsel of bread, drink from his cup, and nestle in his bosom; it was like a daughter to him.  One day, a traveler came to the rich man, but he was loath to take anything from his own flocks or herds to prepare a meal for the guest who had come to him; so he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man