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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:EVERYWHERE MERCY PRECEDES \nFrom a sermon of Blessed Guerric of Igny3 \n◊◊◊ \nO happy the humility of those who repent; O blessed the hope of those \nwho confess. How mighty you are with the Almighty; how easily you conquer \nthe unconquerable; how quickly you turn the dreadful judge into a devoted \nfather. We have heard to our great edification of the prodigal son’s sorrowful \njourney\, tearful repentance and glorious reception. He was so gravely guilty and \nhad not yet confessed but only planned to; had not yet made satisfaction but \nonly bent his mind to it. Yet by merely intending to humble himself he \nimmediately obtained a pardon\, which others seek for so long a time with such \ngreat desire\, beg for with such tears\, strive for with such diligence. The thief on \nthe cross was absolved by a simple confession\, the prodigal by only the will to \nconfess… \nScripture says\, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord; and you did \nforgive the guilt of my sin.” Everywhere mercy precedes. It had preceded the \nwill to confess by inspiring it; it preceded also the words of confession by \nforgiving what was to be confessed. “When he was still far off\,” we read\, “his \nfather saw him and was moved with compassion\, and running to meet him fell \nupon his neck and kissed him.” These words seem to suggest that the father was \neven more anxious to pardon his son than the son was to be pardoned. He \nhastened to absolve the guilty one from what was tormenting his conscience\, as \nif the merciful father suffered more in his compassion for his miserable son than \nthe son did in his own miseries. We do not mean to attribute human feelings to \nthe unchangeable nature of God; we intend rather that our affection should be \nsoftened and moved to love that supreme goodness by learning from \ncomparison with human feelings that he loves us more than we love him… \nSee how where sin abounded grace abounds still more. The guilty one \ncould scarcely hope for pardon; the judge\, or rather not now the judge but the \nadvocate\, heaps us grace. “Quick\,” he says\, “bring forth the best robe and clothe \nhim in it\, put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet; fetch the fatted calf and \nkill it\, let us eat and make merry\, for this son of mine who had died has come \nback to life. \n” \n… What a wealth of graciousness and sweetness\, what an \nabundance of most blessed joy\, what torrents of most holy delight do they not \ncontain?… \nIf such is the grace accorded to the repentant what will be the glory of \nthose who reign? If such are the consolations of the wretched\, what will be the \njoys of the blessed? And since he gives us so much in advance while we are still \non the way\, what treasures is he not keeping stored up for us when we arrive in \nour fatherland? Indeed\, what has not entered into the heart of man: that we \nshould be like him and that God should be all in all. \n  \n3 Guerric of Igny – Liturgical Sermons – vol. 1 – CF #8 – Cistercian Publications – Spencer\, MA – 1970.7 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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