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SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:RETURN WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART\nFrom a homily by St Faustus of Riez 4\n◊◊◊\nOur Lord and Savior exhorts us through the prophet and advises us how\nwe ought to come to Him after many negligences\, saying: “Come let us bow\ndown in worship\, let us kneel before the Lord who made us”; and again: “Return\nto me with your whole heart\, with fasting\, with weeping and mourning”. If we\nnotice carefully\, dearest brethren\, the holy days of Lent signify the life of the\npresent world\, just as Easter prefigures eternal bliss. Now just as we have a kind\nof sadness in Lent in order that we may rightly rejoice at Easter\, so as long as\nwe live in this world we ought to do penance in order that we may be able to\nreceive pardon for our sins in the future and arrive at eternal joy. Each one\nought to sigh over his own sins\, shed tears and give alms in such a way that with\nGod’s help he may always try to avoid the same faults as long as he lives. Just as\nthere never has been\, is not now\, and never will be a soul without slight sins\, so\nwith the help and assistance of God we ought to be altogether without serious\nsins. \nNow in order that we may obtain this\, if burdens of the world keep us\noccupied at other times\, at least during the holy days of Lent let us reflect on the\nlaw of the Lord\, as it is written\, by day and by night. Let us so fill our hearts with\nthe sweetness of the divine law that we leave no place within us devoid of virtues\nso that vices could occupy it. Just as at the time of the harvest or\nvintage…enough is gathered so that the body may be fed\, so during the days of\nLent as at a time of spiritual harvest or vintage we ought to gather the means\nwhereby our soul may live forever. Whenever a careless person fails to gather\nanything at the time of harvest or vintage\, he will be distressed by hunger\nthroughout the entire space of the year. In the same way if anyone at this season\nneglects to provide and gather spiritual wheat and heavenly wine in the\nstorehouse of his soul by fasting\, reading and prayer\, he will suffer forever the\nmost severe thirst and cruel want. Know for sure\, dearest brethren\, that the soul\nwhich is not fed continuously by the word of God is like a body which receives\nfood only after many days. Just as the body becomes thin and dehydrated\,\nalmost like a shadow\, through hunger and want\, so the soul which is not fed on\nGod’s word is found to be parched and useless\, fit for no good work. Consider\,\nbrethren\, if every year we fill the barn and wine cellar and storehouse in order\nthat our body may have food for one year\, how much do you think we ought to\nstore up so that our soul may be nourished forever? \n4 St Caesarius of Arles\, Sermons\, vo. 3\, The Fathers of the Church\, vol. 66\, Catholic University of America Press\,\nWashington DC\, 1973\, pg. 48.
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