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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE BEATING HEART \nOF THE UNIVERSE \nFrom a homily by Pope Benedict XVI \n◊◊◊ \nIt is not God’s presence that alienates man\, but His absence: without the \ntrue God\, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, illusory hopes become an invitation \nto escape from reality. Speaking with God\, dwelling in His presence\, letting \noneself be illuminated and purified by His Word introduces us\, instead\, into the \nheart of reality\, into the very motor of becoming cosmic; it introduces us\, so to \nspeak\, to the beating heart of the universe. \nIn a harmonious connection with prayer\, fasting and almsgiving can also \nbe considered occasions for learning and practicing Christian hope. The ancient \nwriters liked to emphasize that these three dimensions of Gospel life are \ninseparable\, reciprocally enrich each other and bear more fruit the more they \ncollaborate with each other. Lent as a whole\, thanks to the joint action of prayer\, \nfasting and almsgiving\, forms Christians to be men and women of hope after the \nexample of the Saints… \nThe true measure of humanity is essentially determined in relationship to \nsuffering and the sufferer. This holds true both for the individual and for \nsociety. Easter\, to which Lent is oriented\, is the mystery which gives meaning to \nhuman suffering\, based on the superabundant compassion of God\, brought \nabout in Jesus Christ. The Lenten journey therefore\, since it is wholly steeped in \nthe Easter light\, makes us relive what happened in Christ’s divine and human \nheart while he was going up to Jerusalem for the last time to offer himself in \nexpiation. \nSuffering and death fell like darkness as he gradually came nearer to the \nCross\, but the flame of love shone brighter. Indeed Christ’s suffering was \npenetrated by the light of love. It was the Father’s love that permitted the son to \nconfidently face his last “baptism”\, which he himself defines as the apex of his \nmission. \nJesus received that baptism of sorrow and love for us\, for all of humanity. \nHe has suffered for truth and justice\, bringing the gospel of suffering to human \nhistory\, which is the other aspect of the Gospel of love. God cannot suffer\, but \nHe can and wants to be compassionate. Through Christ’s passion he can bring \nhis <consolation> to every human suffering\, “the consolation of God’s \ncompassionate love – and so the star of hope rises.” \nAs for prayer\, so for suffering: the history of the Church is very rich in \nwitnesses who spent themselves for others without reserve\, at the cost of harsh \nsuffering. The greater the hope that enlivens us\, the greater is the ability within \nus to suffer for the love of truth and good\, joyfully offering up the minor and \nmajor daily hardships and inserting them into Christ’s great compassion.
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