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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:RETURN WITH YOUR \nWHOLE HEART \nFrom a homily by St Faustus of Riez \n◊◊◊ \nOur Lord and Savior exhorts us through the prophet and advises us how \nwe ought to come to Him after many negligences\, saying: “Come let us bow \ndown in worship\, let us kneel before the Lord who made us”; and again: “Return \nto me with your whole heart\, with fasting\, with weeping and mourning”. If we \nnotice carefully\, dearest brethren\, the holy days of Lent signify the life of the \npresent world\, just as Easter prefigures eternal bliss. \nNow just as we have a kind of sadness in Lent in order that we may rightly \nrejoice at Easter\, so as long as we live in this world we ought to do penance in \norder that we may be able to receive pardon for our sins in the future and arrive \nat eternal joy. Each one ought to sigh over his own sins\, shed tears and give alms \nin such a way that with God’s help he may always try to avoid the same faults as \nlong as he lives. Just as there never has been\, is not now\, and never will be a soul \nwithout slight sins\, so with the help and assistance of God we ought to be \naltogether without serious sins. \nNow in order that we may obtain this\, if burdens of the world keep us \noccupied at other times\, at least during the holy days of Lent let us reflect on the \nlaw of the Lord\, as it is written\, by day and by night. Let us so fill our hearts with \nthe sweetness of the divine law that we leave no place within us devoid of virtues \nso that vices could occupy it. Just as at the time of the harvest or vintage… \nenough is gathered so that the body may be fed\, so during the days of Lent as at a \ntime of spiritual harvest or vintage we ought to gather the means whereby our \nsoul may live forever. Whenever a careless person fails to gather anything at the \ntime of harvest or vintage\, he will be distressed by hunger throughout the entire \nspace of the year. In the same way if anyone at this season neglects to provide \nand gather spiritual wheat and heavenly wine in the storehouse of his soul by \nfasting\, reading and prayer\, he will suffer forever the most severe thirst and \ncruel want. \nKnow for sure\, dearest brethren\, that the soul which is not fed \ncontinuously by the word of God is like a body which receives food only after \nmany days. Just as the body becomes thin and dehydrated\, almost like a \nshadow\, through hunger and want\, so the soul which is not fed on God’s word is \nfound to be parched and useless\, fit for no good work. Consider\, brethren\, if \nevery year we fill the barn and wine cellar and storehouse in order that our body \nmay have food for one year\, how much do you think we ought to store up so that \nour soul may be nourished forever?
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