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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE SEASON OF PURIFICATION \nBy Pope St Leo the Great \n◊◊◊ \nThis sacred season is dedicated to the purification of the soul\, let us \ntherefore be careful to fulfill the Apostolic command that we cleanse ourselves \nfrom all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit\, so that restraining the conflict \nthat exists between the one and the other substance\, the soul\, which in the \nProvidence of God is meant to be the ruler of the body\, may regain the dignity of \nits rightful authority\, so that\, giving offense to no one\, we may not incur the \ncontumely of evil mongers. With just contempt shall we be tormented by those \nwho have no faith\, and from our wickedness evil tongues will draw weapons to \nwound religion\, if the way of life of those who fast be not in accord with what is \nneeded in true self-denial. For the sum total of our fasting does not consist in \nmerely abstaining from food. In vain do we deny our body food if we do not \nwithhold our heart from iniquity\, and restrain our lips that they speak no evil. \nWe must then so moderate our rightful use of food that our other desires \nmay be subject to the same rule. For this is also a time for gentleness and \npatience\, a time of peace and serenity\, in which having put away all stains of evil \ndoing we strive after steadfastness in what is good. Now is the time when \ngenerous Christian souls forgive offenses\, pay no heed to insults\, and wipe out \nthe memory of past injuries. Now let the Christian soul exercise itself in the \namour of justice\, on the right hand and on the left\, so that amid honor and \ndishonor\, evil report and good\, the praise of all will not make proud the virtue \nthat is well rooted\, the conscience that has peace\, nor dishonor cast it down. \nThe moderation of those who worship God is not melancholy\, but blameless. \nTherefore\, you Dearly Beloved\, the holy offspring of the Catholic Mother\, \nWhom the Spirit of God has taught in the School of Truth\, use your freedom of \naction with right reason\, knowing that it is good to abstain\, even from what is \nlawful; and when you must practice self-denial\, so abstain from food as merely \nputting aside its use\, not as condemning its nature. And so you will not allow \nyourselves in any way to be infected by the error of those who are completely \ndefiled by their own observance of it; serving the creature rather than the \nCreator; and dedicating their own stupid observance to the lights of heaven.
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