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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT \nBy Karl Rahner1 \n◊◊◊ \nAre there not people today who\, if they are true to their character as willed \nby God\, are a people of small means\, of hard work\, of only a few words\, of loyalty \nof heart and simple sincerity? Certainly\, every Christian and every Christian \nnation is charged with the entire fullness of Christian perfection as a duty that \nis never completed. But every nation and every person has\, so to speak\, his own \ndoor\, his own approach\, through which he alone can come nearer to the fullness \nof Christianity. Not all of us will find access to the boundless vistas of God’s \nworld through the great gate of surging rapture and burning ardor. Some must \ngo through the small gate of quiet loyalty and the ordinary\, exact performance \nof duty. And it is this fact\, I am inclined to think\, that can help us to discover a \nrapport between earth and heaven\, between Christians today and their heavenly \nintercessor… \n[Joseph] received into his family the One who came to redeem his nation \nfrom their sin\, One to whom he himself gave the name of Jesus\, a name which \nmeans “Yahweh is Salvation.” Silent and loyal\, he served the eternal Word of \nthe Father\, the Word who had become a child of this world. And they called \ntheir Redeemer the son of a carpenter. When the eternal Word was audible in \nthe world in the message of the gospels\, Joseph\, having quietly done his duty\, \nwent away without any notice on the part of this world. \nBut the life of this insignificant man did have significance; it had one \nmeaning that\, in the long run\, counts in each one’s life: God and his incarnate \ngrace. To him it could be said: “Good and faithful servant\, enter into the joy of \nyour Lord.” Who can doubt that this man is a good patron for us? This man of \nhumble\, everyday routine\, this man of silent performance of duty\, of honest5 \nrighteousness and of manly piety\, this man who was charged with protecting \nthe grace of God in its embodied life. \nChristians of today might find their way back to what is best in them if the \nindividuality of this man\, their patron\, were again producing more stature in \nthem. Granted\, a nation must have greatness of spirit and pioneers who will \nlead her towards new goals. Just as much\, if not more so\, however\, a nation \nneeds men and women of life-long performance of duty\, of clear-headed loyalty\, \nof discipline of heart and body. \nA nation needs those who know that true greatness is achieved only in \nselfless service to the greater and holy duty that is imposed upon each life; those \nof genuine reverence\, conquerors of themselves\, who hear the word of God and \ncarry out the inflexible decrees of conscience. It needs those who through their \nlives bear the childlike\, defenseless grace of God past all those who\, like Herod\, \nattempt to kill this grace. A nation needs those who do not lose confidence in \nGod’s grace\, even when they have to seek it as lost\, as Joseph once sought the \ndivine child. Such as these are urgently needed in every situation and in every \nclass. We have a good patron\, who is suitable for everyone. For he is a patron of \nthe poor\, a patron of working men and women\, a patron of exiles\, a model for \nworshipers\, an exemplar of the pure discipline of the heart\, a prototype of \nfathers who protect in their children the Son of the Father.
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