The Comfortable Words

For those of us who grew up with the 1928 book of common prayer we will always remember the four phrases referred to as the comfortable words.

The comfortable words. Carl sagan said if it can be destroyed by the truth it deserves to be destroyed by the truth. They are meant to offer comfort. Another word for comfortable.

Some common synonyms of comfortable are cozy easy restful and snug. Hear what comfortable words our saviour christ saith unto all who truly turn unto him come unto me all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens and i will give you rest matthew 11 28 for god so loved the world that he gave his only son so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life john 3 16. The comfortable words is a 10 day digital devotional resource for anyone who feels like sometimes the darkness is winning.

Come unto me all ye that travail and are heavy laden and i will refresh you. Come unto to me all ye that travail and are heavy laden and i will refresh you. Hear what comfortable words our saviour christ saith unto all who truly turn to him.

C ome unto me all ye that travail and are heavy laden and i will refresh you. Hear what comfortable words our saviour christ saith unto all who truly turn to him. Not comfortable as in easy relaxing soft.

Started feeling comfortable in our new surroundings. While all these words mean enjoying or providing a position of contentment and security comfortable applies to anything that encourages serenity well being or complacency as well as physical ease. The comfortable words are one of the most cherished parts of the classical anglican liturgy.

It is not unusual to see people mouthing the words along with the priest speaking them to themselves and god in their hearts whilst he recites them aloud. Comfortable in the old fashioned english sense of the word as in full of comfort i am gentle and lowly these comfortable words come at the end of matthew 11 where jesus has just been talking about the way people are responding to him. You can find all four in your 1979 prayer book in holy eucharist i but the first is etched in my mind.