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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE WATERS OF REGENERATION \nFrom a sermon by St Ambrose \n◊◊◊ \nWhat is regeneration? You can read in the Acts of the Apostles a verse \nwhich is cited from the second psalm: “You are my son\, I have begotten you \ntoday”. The words seem to refer to the resurrection. Indeed\, the holy apostle \nPeter interprets them in this way in the Acts of the Apostles: when the Son rose \nfrom the dead the Father’s voice was heard proclaiming: “You are my son\, I have \nbegotten you today.” That is why he is also called “the first-born from the dead. \nFor what is resurrection except that we rise from death to life? So it is in baptism\, \nwhich is an image of death: when you are immersed and rise up again\, there\, \ncertainly\, is an image of the resurrection. And as Christ’s resurrection\, according \nto the right interpretation of the apostle Peter\, is a regeneration\, so also this \nresurrection here is a regeneration. \nBut what conclusions do you draw from the fact that it is in water that you \nare immersed. Are you a little lost here? Does some doubt creep in. We read: \n“Let the earth produce for herself fruits which germinate.” You have read the \nsame about the waters: “Let the waters produce living things; and living things \nwere born”. These were born in the beginning\, at the creation; but this gift was \nkept for you: that the waters should regenerate you in grace\, even as those other \nwaters generated into life. Imitate the fish; it received a lesser grace than you\, but \nyou should still consider it a marvel. It is in the sea and the waves. It is in the sea \nand swims on the waves. On the sea the tempest rages\, violent winds blow; but \nthe fish swims on. It does not drown because it is used to swimming. In the same \nway this world is the sea for you. It has various currents\, huge waves\, fierce \nstorms. You too\, must be a fish\, so that the waves of this world do not drown you. \nThose are lovely words of the Father: “I have begotten you today.” It means \n“when you have redeemed the world\, when you have summoned hearts to the \nkingdom of heaven\, when you have fulfilled my will\, you have proved that you are \nmy son.”
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