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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Nativity of St John the Baptist
DESCRIPTION:THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST \nFrom a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux2 \n◊◊◊ \nLet us rejoice\, dearly beloved\, on the Nativity of blessed John [the \nBaptist]\, on the solemnity of whose birth is celebrated today\, and let us rejoice \nin that very nativity. Our reason for remembering [John] is certainly rich\, and \nthe source of [our] rejoicing sundry. Listen\, brothers\, to what is said about \nJohn: “He was a burning and shining lamp\,” [Scripture] says. A great testimony\, \nmy brothers: great is the one to whom it is given\, but greater is the one who \ngives [it]. “He was a burning and shining lamp.” Only to shine is nothing; only \nto burn is not enough. To burn and shine is complete… He burned for himself; \nhe was shining for us. Let us rejoice in his fervor for the purpose of imitation; \nlet us also rejoice in [his] light—yet not remaining there\, but that in his light we \nmay see light\, the true light\, which is not [John] himself\, but the One to whom \nhe bears witness. \nIt is especially said to the apostles and to apostolic men: “Let your light \nshine before people.” [This is said to them] as to people who have been kindled\, \nand mightily kindled\, who are not to fear any situation whatever\, or the winds’ \nforce. It was said even to John\, [while] they but hear it in the ear\, John\, like an \nangel\, is instructed in the Spirit. Assuredly\, he [was] as close to God as the voice \nis near the Word. No other voice\, which would sound outwardly as an \nintermediary\, was needed for him to be taught. \nInspiration\, not preaching\, taught John\, whom the Spirit filled in his \nmother’s womb. Truly burning and mightily kindled [was] he whom the \ncelestial flame so possessed that he perceived Christ’s coming when he could \nnot yet perceive even himself. That new fire\, recently fallen from heaven\, surely \npenetrated the Virgin’s ear through Gabriel’s mouth\, and through the Virgin’s \nmouth and his mother [Elizabeth’s] ear [that fire] entered into the little child\, \nso that from that moment the Holy Spirit filled his chosen vessel\, and prepared \na lamp for Christ the Lord. Then he was already a burning lamp\, but [he was] \nstill for a time under a bushel\, until he could be placed on a lampstand and shine \nfor all who were in the Lord’s house. At that time\, he was able to illuminate only \nhis own bushel\, and to shine for a while to his mother alone\, revealing the great \nmystery of holiness to her by the motion of [his] singular joy! \n“Why\,” [Elizabeth] says\, “does the mother of my Lord come to me?” Who \nmade the Lord’s mother known to you\, holy woman? [So Mary asks Elizabeth\,] \n“How do you know me?” “When the voice of your greeting\,” [Elizabeth] says\, \n“came to my ears\, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.” \nAlready then he illumined the bushel under which he lay hidden\, but the \nburning lamp under the bushel did not leave hidden the One whom it would \nsoon afterwards make known to the whole world with unheard of brightness. \n  \n2 From Sermons for the Summer Season: Liturgical Sermons from Rogationtide and Pentecost; translated\, with an \nIntroduction\, by Beverly Mayne Kienzle; additional translations by James Jarzembowski (CF 53); Kalamazoo\, MI: \nCistercian Publications\, 1991\, pp. 88-96.5 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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