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SUMMARY:Lenten Weekday
DESCRIPTION:CAST YOUR CARE UPON THE LORD\nFrom a sermon by St Leo the Great 4\n◊◊◊\nApostolic teaching\, Beloved\, exhorts us that we put off the old man with\nhis deeds\, and renew ourselves from day to day by a holy manner of life. For if\nwe are the temple of God\, and if the Holy Spirit is a Dweller in our souls\, as the\nApostle says: You are the temple of the living God; we must strive with all our\nvigilance that the dwelling of our heart be not unworthy of so great a Guest. And\njust as in houses made with hands\, we see to it with praiseworthy diligence that\nwhatever may be damaged\, either through the rain coming in\, or by the wind in\nstorms\, or by age itself\, is promptly and carefully repaired\, so must we with\nunceasing concern take care that nothing disordered be found in our souls\, that\nnothing unclean be found there. For though this dwelling of ours does not\nendure without the support of its Maker\, nor would the structure be safe\nwithout the watchful care of the Builder\, nevertheless\, since we are rational\nstones\, and living material\, the Hand of our Maker has so fashioned us\, that\neven he who is being repaired may cooperate with his Maker. \nLet human obedience then not withdraw itself from the grace of God\, nor\nturn away from that Good without which it cannot be good. And should it find\nin the fulfillment of His commands something that is difficult to accomplish or\nbeyond its powers\, let it not remain apart\, but rather turn to Him who\ncommands us\, and Who has laid on us this precept that He may both help us\nand awaken in us the desire of Him\, as the Prophet tells us: Cast your care upon\nthe Lord\, and He will sustain you. Or perhaps there is someone who prides\nhimself beyond due measure\, and who imagines himself to be so untouched\, so\nunblemished\, that he has now no need to renew himself such a belief is wholly\ndeceiving\, and he will grow old in folly. All things are filled with dangers\, filled\nwith snares. Desires inflame us\, allurements lie in wait for us\, the love of gain\nbeguiles us\, losses frighten us. \nBut in holding fast to virtue\, so faltering is our control\, so uncertain our\ndiscernment\, that though a person may observe with the utmost fidelity the\nlines between what is good and what is bad\, it is difficult for the person of\nupright conscience to escape the wounding tongue of the slanderer\, or for one\nwho loves justice to avoid the reproaches of the wicked. \nWhen\, dearly beloved\, should we more fittingly have recourse to the\ndivine remedies than when\, by the very law of time\, we are once again reminded\nof the mysteries of our redemption? And that we may the more worthily\ncommemorate them\, let us earnestly prepare ourselves by these days of Lent.\nFor as the apostle says: Whoever thinks that he stands\, let him take heed lest\nhe fall\, no one is sustained by such strength of mind that he can be certain of\nhis own constancy in virtue. \n4 The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers – vol. 2 – Henry Regnery Co – Chicago – 1958 – pg 125.
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