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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:BE PERFECT\, \nAS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER \nFrom a treatise by St Cyprian \n◊◊◊ \nDearly Beloved in the Lord\, let us try to understand more fully that \npatience is an attribute of God and that whoever is gentle\, patient\, and meek is \nan imitator of God the Father. The Lord Jesus said as much in his Gospel \nteaching. For when he was giving out precepts unto salvation\, and he was \ninstructing his disciples unto perfection with holy advice\, he said thus: You \nhave heard that it was said: \n‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you\, Love \nyour enemies and pray for those who persecute you\, so that you may be sons of \nyour Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the \ngood\, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who \nlove you\, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? \nAnd if you salute only your brethren\, what more are you doing than others? \nDo not even the Gentiles do the same? You\, therefore\, must be perfect\, as your \nheavenly Father is perfect.’ \nHe said that it is in this way that the children of God are made perfect; He \nshowed that it is in this way that we reach our consummation\, and he taught \nthat we are restored by a heavenly birth\, if the patience of God the Father abide \nin us\, and if the divine likeness which our first parents lost by sin be manifested \nand shine in our actions. What glory it is to become like God! What wonderful \nand what great happiness it is to possess in virtues what can be put on the same \nlevel with the divine praises. \nJesus Christ\, Our Lord and God\, did not teach this by words only\, but He \nalso fulfilled it by His deeds. For He said that He came down for this purpose\, \nnamely\, to do the will of His Father. By other miracles of virtue\, He gave proof \nof his divine majesty. But he also preserved and exemplified His Father’s \npatience by His own habitual forbearance.
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