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SUMMARY:Reading: Weekday
DESCRIPTION:Ultimate Truth and Sweetness is to be Found in Reading and\nUnderstanding Holy Scripture 6\nby Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain \nA source of spiritual delight is the word of God contained in Holy Scripture\nbecause there is to be found ultimate truth that enlightens the mind\, which\, being\nmind\, has truth as its object. Moreover\, there is ultimate sweetness and grace in the\nwords of Scripture\, which draw like a great magnet the hearts of the readers to agree\nwith them and to be convinced. This is only natural. After all\, the words of\nScripture are the words of God and of the Holy Spirit. This is to say that they are\nthe words of truth itself and grace itself… \nSt John Chrysostom said\, “The reading of Holy Scripture is the opening of\nheaven…” In Holy Scripture we see humble words\, simple words\, but within they\npossess such great depths of the knowledge of God that the passing wisdom of this\nworld cannot even stand beside it. St. Paul wrote about this wisdom of God:\n“Among the mature we do impart wisdom\, although it is not a wisdom of this age or\nof the rulers of this age\, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and\nhidden wisdom of God”… \nIf you love to enjoy true and complete delight from the Scriptures\, seek to\nread them not merely with simple understanding\, but with deeds and practical\nrealities. Moreover\, seek to read them not merely for the mere love of learning but\nalso for the sake of ascetic endeavors and discipline\, as St. Mark wrote: “Read the\nwords of Holy Scripture with an eye to practical applications and not merely to be\npuffed up by any fine thought that you may receive from it.” Another Father said:\n“This is why the lover of knowledge must also be a lover of discipline and practical\napplication. For knowledge alone does not give light to the lamp.” You will receive\nthis light if you contemplate on the content of Scripture and realize that it was\nwritten to correct you and not the others\, as again St. Mark said: “The humble\nperson who has a spiritual life reads the Holy Scripture and understands everything\nto refer to him and not to others.” For this is true wisdom\, fear of God\, and\navoidance of evil: “Behold\, the fear of the Lord\, that is wisdom; and to depart from\nevil is understanding”… “The first wisdom is a praiseworthy life purified by God.” \n6 Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain. A Handbook of Spiritual Counsel. The Classics of Western Spirituality. Trans. Peter\nA. Chamberas. New York: Paulist Press\, 1989. 186-190.
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