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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:OUR BOAST \nIS THE CROSS OF CHRIST \nFrom a letter by St Paulinus of Nola \n◊◊◊ \nFrom the beginning of the world Christ suffers in all his own. He is “the \nbeginning and the end”\, who is hidden in the law and revealed in the gospel\, a \nLord ever “wonderful” and suffering and triumphant “in his saints”. In Abel he \nwas slain by his brother\, in Noah he was ridiculed by his son\, in Jacob he was \nreduced to servitude\, in Joseph he was sold\, in Moses he was abandoned and \nrejected\, in the prophets he was stoned and torn asunder\, in his apostles he was \npersecuted on land and sea\, and in his countless martyrs he was tortured and \nassassinated. \nHe now also bears our weaknesses and our sicknesses\, for he is himself \none like us\, exposed on our behalf to all evils and capable of enduring the \nweakness which without him we would be totally incapable of bearing. He it is \nwho bears the weight of the world for us and in us so that he might deliver us \nfrom it; see how he achieves power in weakness! It is he who suffers the taunts \nyou endure; and it is he whom the world hates in you. \nLet us give thanks to the Lord\, because he “wins out when he is judged.” \nAccording to this word of Scripture\, he it is who triumphs in us when\, taking the \ncondition of slavery\, he obtains for his servants the grace of freedom. \nAccomplishing the mysterious design of his goodness\, he assumes this form of a \nslave and consents to humble himself for us even to the death of the cross. \nThrough the lowliness which all could see he achieves our elevation to heaven\, \nwhich is interior and invisible. \nLook at the height from which we first fell; understand it well. It is by the \ndesign of God’s wisdom and goodness that we have been restored to life. In \nAdam we fell through pride\, and in Christ we are humbled so that we may efface \nthe ancient sin by the practice of the opposite virtue. We have offended the Lord \nby pride; we now please him by our humility. \nTherefore\, let us rejoice and glory in him who made ours both his battle \nand his victory when he said: “Take courage! I have overcome the world!”… He \nwho is unconquered will fight for us and conquer in us. The prince of darkness \nshall be cast out\, for if he is not expelled from the world where he is everywhere\, \nhe is expelled from the human heart. When faith enters us we shut out the evil \none and provide a place for Christ\, whose presence expels sin and spells exile for \nthe serpent who is dislodged.. \nLet the orators keep their eloquence\, the philosophers their wisdom\, the \nrich their wealth\, and kings their realms. Our glory\, riches and kingdom is \nChrist. Our wisdom lies in the foolishness of the gospel\, our strength in the \nweakness of the flesh\, and our glory in the stumbling block of the cross. \n“Through it the world has been crucified to me and I to the world\, so that I may \nlive for God. And the life I live now is not my own; Christ is living in me.”
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