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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE BEGINNING OF \nCHRIST’S PUBLIC MINISTRY \nFrom “The Lord” by Fr Romano Guardini \n◊◊◊ \nWhat a privilege it must have been to see the Lord at the beginning of his \npublic ministry as he carried holiness into the crowds. How clearly he spoke to \nthe souls of men! Pressed forward by the elan of the Spirit\, he reached out to \npeople with both hands. The Holy Spirit swept the kingdom of God forward and \nthe human spirit was shaken to its foundations. The accounts of these first \nevents are vibrant with spiritual power. Thus Saint Mark: And they were \nastonished at his teaching\, for he was teaching them as one having authority\, \nand not as the scribes. They were astonished\, literally shaken out of themselves. \nSuch was the divine power that poured from his words. Jesus’ sentences were \nnot merely correct as were those of the scribes\, they were the words of one \nhaving authority. His speech stirred\, it tore the spirit from its security\, the heart \nfrom its rest; it commanded and created. It was impossible to hear and ignore. \nSaint Mark’s account continues with a description of the casting out of an \nunclean spirit. Obviously we have here a case of “possession.” The Lord’s \nacceptance of the inevitable struggle with satanic powers belongs to the kernel \nof his messianic consciousness. He knows that he has been sent not only to bear \nwitness to the truth\, to establish contact between God and man\, but also to \nbreak the power of those forces which oppose the divine will. He is to penetrate \nSatan’s artificial darkness with the ray of God’s truth\, to dispel the cramp of \negoism and the brittleness of hate with God’s love\, to conquer evil’s \ndestructiveness with God’s constructive strength. The murkiness and confusion \nwhich Satan creates in people’s groping hearts are to be clarified by the holy \npurity of the Most High. Thus Jesus stands squarely against the powers of \ndarkness; he strives to enter into the ensnared human souls – to bring light to \ntheir consciences\, quicken their hearts\, and liberate their powers for good.
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