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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Memorial of BVM
DESCRIPTION:ALL WHO HUNGER AND THIRST \nFrom a homily by Ogier of Locedio7 \n◊◊◊ \nHow sweet and delightful it is\, ever to call to mind our heavenly mother\, \nthat fragrant spikenard\, about whom roses waft the scent of Paradise!… For \nthus sang Mary\, Queen of the world and Mother of Humility: He cast down the \nmighty from their thrones and raised up the lowly… Therefore be meek of \nheart\, you who wear the habit of humility: let what your habit professes \noutwardly preserve you inwardly in virtue… Thus you will be pleasing to God\, \nwho emptied himself and\, accepting the form of a servant\, gave himself up to \nsuffer\, dying on the rood\, lest humankind die and for ever live in the abyss of \nsavage cruelty… \nWhatever your past\, take no pleasure in what is displeasing to your \nCreator\, but in him alone\, whom you have vowed yourself to please in all your \nactions. If you have lived chastely\, if you have not strafed the citadel of humility \nwith bolts of pride\, then you will be comely and beautiful in the sight of the Most \nHigh. He himself — who filled the hungry with good things and sent away the \nwealthy empty-handed –– will find it good to be your spouse. \nHow blessed the hungry whom the Lord fills with his lasting goodness… \nAll who hunger and thirst for justice will be fed by the Bread of Angels that came \ndown from heaven to give life to the world. These hungry ones Jesus does not \nturn away empty-handed; he satisfies their desires with his goodness\, by \nenriching them with the good of everlasting life. They are indeed rich when they \nshare in the wealth of joy in the glory of heaven. There true wealth lies\, where \nno one is wretched or poor; for there dwell glory and life\, utter joy\, and total \nbliss. With such good things the author of goodness will fill those who in this \nlife have rid themselves of sin\, who suffer torment in order to possess Him\, and \nwho find no pleasure except in the true joy of God\, and the supreme bliss of \nChrist. \nHe enriches holy paupers with his ineffable goodness\, but he \nimpoverishes the wicked wealthy\, and sends them away empty. Death separates \nthe rich from their passing wealth\, but when the poor of Christ pass on\, they \ngain eternity… The true pauper has nothing of mortal sin. Even if he has earthly \nriches\, he reckons them as worthless\, because he does not yet possess the true \nwealth of the Lord Jesus. To see him\, to hold him: this is the desire towards \nwhich he labors with all his heart. \nThe rich…are those whose lives are doubly mortal: they covet passing \ngains\, and neglect to live for God. O what an evil wealth is the enormity of sin \nand vice\, which plunders the soul of divine riches! The greater the accumulation \nof such wealth\, the more its possessors will be cast down and despised by Christ\, \nwho will dismiss them empty-handed\, saying: Depart from me\, workers of \niniquity; in truth I tell you\, I do not know you!… Let us rid ourselves of worldly \nwealth and sin. Let the rich whose true wealth is Christ bestow their goods on \nthe poor and needy\, so that they—and we—may join the company of the angels \nin the Kingdom of his Father\, and he says those wondrous words of welcome: \nCome\, blessed of my Father\, receive the kingdom prepared for you before the \nbeginning of the world… This promise of eternal inheritance knows no end\, for \nbelievers will want for nothing at the end of time\, but will enjoy beatific glory \nfor ever and beyond. May the Mother of glory deign through her merits to bring \nus to that bliss. \n  \n7 Ogier of Locedio. In Praise of God’s Holy Mother. CF 70. Trans. D. Martin Jenni. Kalamazoo\, MI: Cistercian \nPublications\, 2006. 111\, 120-122\, 128.15 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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