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SUMMARY:Easter Weekday
DESCRIPTION:THE ASCENSION AND CHRISTIAN PRAYER\nBy Thomas Merton 7\n◊◊◊\nAt the Ascension\, in the sight of the disciples\, “the nature of humankind\nsoared above the dignity of all the creatures of heaven” and “there was to be\nno limit to the advancement of Christ’s humanity until\, seated together with\nthe eternal Father\, it might share enthroned the glory of Him whose nature it\nshared in the son.” And of course\, the Fathers never ceased to remind their\nhearers that this same humanity of Christ which was enthroned with the Father\nin the divine glory\, was to return and judge the world. “He set a limit to His\nbodily presence\, and would remain at the right hand of the Father until He\nshould return in the same flesh in which He had ascended.” Monastic prayer is\neschatological and is centered on the expectation of the Parousia\, the advent of\nthe “immortal and invisible King of ages” who is both “God alone” and the\nChrist\, our Redeemer and Liberator… \nSt Leo says that with Christ’s ascension into heaven we have recovered\npossession of paradise\, and not only that\, “we have even penetrated\, in Christ\,\ninto the height of heaven\,” we have been enthroned with Him because we are\n“one Body” with Him. This is the reason why we should rejoice at His going to\nthe Father… He is not separated from us unless we choose to remain bound to\nthe earth by our passions. In contemplation we experience\, at least obscurely\,\nsomething of this mystery of our union with Him now in heaven. \nThis has important implications for the life of prayer. The life of the monk\,\nbeing that of a Christian\, is a way of living in heaven. While living bodily in exile\nand in his earthly pilgrimage\, the monk is already spiritually in paradise and in\nheaven where he has ascended with Christ. That is to say\, although he is not\nphysically present in heaven\, he is free to come and go there as he pleases\, in\nspirit\, in prayer\, in faith\, in thanksgiving\, praise and love\, because he already\n“is” there mystically in Christ. “Let us therefore\, exult with a worthy and\nspiritual joy\, happy before God in thanksgiving\, and let us lift up the free eyes\nof our heart to that height where Christ is.”… \nChrist has made us His friends by making known to us “the joys of interior\ncharity and the festival of the heavenly country which He daily makes present\nin our minds by the desire of love.” And St Gregory explains that this loving\nknowledge of heavenly things is very real indeed\, no mere fancy: “for when\,\nhearing of heavenly things\, we love them\, we already know the things we love\,\nfor our love itself is a way of knowing.” It is by the charity of Christ in our\nhearts that we “are in heaven” and know the things of heaven. \n7\n“The Humanity of Christ in Monastic Prayer”\, Monastic Studies 2\, 1964\, 11-13.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/easter-weekday-11/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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SUMMARY:Cleveland LCG Meeting
DESCRIPTION:May 18\, 2024 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \nSt. Martin of Tours in Valley City \n 
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/cleveland-lcg-meeting-7/
CATEGORIES:LCG Local Community Meetings
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