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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Benedict
DESCRIPTION:THE TABERNACLE OF GOD \nFrom a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx \n◊◊◊ \nBenedict was filled not only with the spirit of Moses\, he was also \nsomehow\, as someone has said\, filled with the spirit of all the just. He built a \nspiritual tabernacle from the offerings of the children of Israel. In his Rule \nsparkles the god of blessed Augustine\, the silver of Jerome\, the double-dyed \npurple of Gregory\, not to mention the jewel-like sayings of the holy fathers; with \nall these this heavenly edifice is embellished. You\, my brothers\, are the \ntabernacle of God; you are the temple of God. As the apostle says: Holy is the \ntemple of God\, which you are. A temple\, because the Lord will reign forever in \nyou. Yet still a tabernacle\, because he is on pilgrimage in you\, he hungers in you\, \nhe thirsts in you… \nThis\, my brothers\, is what a tabernacle puts up with as long as it is being \ncarried through the desert of this world\, until it is taken into the Land of \nPromise and becomes a temple instead of a tabernacle. Then a twofold stole will \nbe given to each – immortality for the body\, blessedness for the soul. Yet even \nnow\, brothers\, let each of us make our own offering for the construction of this \ntabernacle. \nFor each one of us has his unique gift from God\, one this but another that. \nOne person can make an offering of more work; another\, more vigils; another\, \nmore fasting; another\, more prayer; and another more lectio or meditation. \nFrom all these offerings let one tabernacle be made\, so that\, as our legislator \ncommands: No one may presume that anything is his own but al things are \ncommon to all. This is to be understood\, brothers\, not only of cowls or robes but \nfar more of our strengths and spiritual gifts. \nNo one therefore should boast on his own about any grace given by God as \nif it were exclusively his own. No one should envy his brother because of some \ngrace\, as if it were exclusively his. Whatever he has\, he should consider the \nproperty of all his brothers\, and whatever his brother has\, he should never \ndoubt is also his. For in his caring way…he causes each person to need the other \nand to have in this other what one does not possess in oneself. Thus humility is \npreserved\, charity increased and unity recognized. Therefore each belongs to all \nand all belong to each. \nIf\, then\, we are buried with Jesus\, like him in his death\, we shall be his \ncompanions also in the resurrection\, walking in newness of life. When Christ \nour life appears\, we\, too\, shall appear with him in glory. Through the merits and \nprayers of our blessed Father Benedict may this be granted to us by our Lord \nJesus Christ Himself who with the Father and Holy Spirit\, lives and reigns God \nthrough all the ages of ages.
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