Quotes about Summoning

So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,

“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.

And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call and invite God and his angels thither.