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SUMMARY:Thursday After Ash Wednesday
DESCRIPTION:NOW IS THE TIME\nFrom a sermon by St Leo the Great 5\n◊◊◊\n“Behold\, now is the acceptable time; behold now is the day of salvation”.\nFor though there is no season that is not filled with the divine gifts\, and though\nat each moment we have\, through His grace\, access to the Divine Mercy\, yet\nnow is the time in which the souls of all mortals should be stirred with greater\nfervor towards spiritual perfection\, and inspired with greater confidence; now\nwhen the return of that day when we were redeemed invites us once more to the\nfulfillment of all our sacred duties\, so that purified in body and soul we may\ncelebrate the supreme Mystery of the Passion of Our Lord. Indeed such\nunending reverence and unceasing devotion is due to these sacred mysteries\,\nthat we should ever be in the Presence of God as we now are obliged to be for\nthe worthy celebration of the Paschal Feast. \nBut since there are few that have this strength of soul\, and since because\nof the weakness of our flesh\, the more severe observance is relaxed\, and since\nthe manifold duties of the present life take up so much of our care\, it will happen\nthat even the most devout of heart are stained with the dust of earth.\nAccordingly\, with great solicitude has this divine means been given us\, so that\nthese forty days of reflection may assist us to restore the purity of our souls\, and\nso that during them we may by good works make satisfaction for our past sins\,\nand by devout mortification purge ourselves of them. \nAs we are therefore beginning this sacred season\, dedicated to the\npurification of the soul\, let us be careful to fulfill the Apostolic command that\n“we cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit”\, so that\nrestraining the conflict that exists between the one and the other substance\, the\nsoul\, which in the Providence of God is meant to be the ruler of the body\, may\nregain the dignity of its rightful authority\, so that\, giving offence to no one\, we\nmay not incur the punishment of evildoers. For the sum total of our fasting does\nnot consist in merely abstaining from food. In vain do we deny our body food if\nwe do not withhold our heart from iniquity\, and restrain our lips that they speak\nno evil. \nWe must then so moderate our rightful use of food that our other desires\nmay be subject to the same rule. For this is also a time for gentleness and\npatience\, a time of peace and serenity\, in which having put away all stains of evil\ndoing we strive after steadfastness in what is good. Now is the time when\ngenerous Christian souls forgive offences\, pay no heed to insults\, and wipe out\nthe memory of past injuries. Now let the Christian soul exercise itself in the\narmor of justice\, on the right hand and on the left\, so that amid honor and\ndishonor\, evil report and good\, the praise of men will not make proud the virtue\nthat is well rooted\, the conscience that has peace\, nor dishonor cast it down.\nThe moderation of those who worship God is blameless. \n5 The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers\, vol. 2\, Henry Regnery Co\, Chicago\, 1958\, pg. 29.
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