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SUMMARY:Reading: St. Peter Damian
DESCRIPTION:A Letter from Peter Damian to Rainerius II\, marquis of Monte S. Maria 3 \nTo Sir Rainerius\, the illustrious marquis\, the monk Peter the sinner sends his\ngreetings. For the sins you confessed to me\, noble sir\, I have enjoined you to travel\nto Jerusalem\, and thus appease divine justice by the penance of this long\npilgrimage. But since\, according to Scripture\, you have no idea what tomorrow will\nbring\, you are putting off this matter until later; and while fearing the uncertainties\nof the journey\, you are not providing for yourself a secure city in which you might\nlive. And so\, in your case we see the pronouncement carried out that says: “He who\nwatches the wind never sows\, and he who keeps his eye on the clouds never reaps.” \n…Therefore\, my dear friend\, do not conjure up every possible thing you can\ninvent or imagine… do not fear misfortunes that might happen unexpectedly\, but\n“trust in the Lord and do good.” For often\, the more anxious we are because of our\ndependence on human reason\, the more readily divine goodness comes to our aid;\nand when we despair of human comfort we often become aware of God’s assistance. \nAnd now to say a few words about the pilgrimage with which we are\nconcerned. It came to my attention from the report of my brother and fellow monk\,\nRichard… that this very year eight men are returning from Jerusalem\, having\nfulfilled the vow they had been so piously intent on making. But as they walked\nthrough uninhabited regions\, and had been suffering for four days without food\, as\none man they began to beg God’s mercy to help them in their great necessity\, and\nthat “he who gives food to all his creatures\,” should not deny them at least some\nnourishment in their hour of need. Just as they had finished praying\, they saw a\nloaf of bread of enormous size and marvelous brightness lying in the road. They\nwondered at this sight before their very eyes\, not unaware… that something of such\ngreat weight could not have fallen unnoticed from the pack of him who carried it.\nThey at once recognized this bounty as evidence of God’s goodness… \nBonizo\, another brother of ours… once suffered shipwreck as he was\nreturning by sea from Jerusalem. In the angry waves this ship went down\, and all\nhis companions were lost in the wild storm. But he took hold of a sack that was\nfilled with baled cotton\, and riding on it amid the rolling waves for almost three\ndays and two nights\, like a man fighting for his life\, he battled the sea and held\ndeath at bay. Then it happened that several oarsmen in their boat came cutting\nthrough the waves\, saw him from some distance away\, and after generously\nrescuing him and giving him something to eat\, treated him most kindly. And so\, he\nwho managed to save Paul\, adrift for twenty-four hours on the open sea\, also kept\nthis brother afloat amid the wash of contending waves\, lest he be swallowed up by\nthe storm… \nTherefore\, noble sir\, meditate on these and similar flowers of heavenly mercy\,\ndo not depend on your own ability\, but\, as is only proper\, place your trust in the\nunfailing protection of him who is almighty. Our ignoble body is afraid\, but the\nnative ardor of a courageous soul is already on fire. Set out\, be up and doing\, and\njoin the fight\, for he who rewards our determination will lead the pilgrimage. It is\nyour task to take on this journey\, but it is God who directs the steps of those who\nsearch for him. He who causes the generous heart to love\, brings our good works to\nfruition. And he who encourages the human spirit to do well\, undoubtedly will\nfulfill the vows that our piety suggests to us. \n3 Peter Damian. The Fathers of the Church – Medieval Continuations: The Letters of Peter Damien\, 151-180. \nTrans. Owen Blum and Irven M. Resnick. Catholic University of America Press\, 2014. 3-6.
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