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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:HOLINESS BEFITS \nYOUR HOUSE\, OH LORD \nFrom a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux \n◊◊◊ \n“Our bed is covered with flowers; the beams of our houses are of cedar\, \nthe paneling of cypress.” She is singing her marriage-song\, describing in \nbeautiful language the marriage bed and bridal suite. She invites the \nbridegroom to repose: for the better thing is to remain at ease and be with \nChrist; but necessity drives one forth to help those who are to be saved. So now \nwhen she feels that the opportunity presents itself\, she announces that the \nbridal suite has been furnished\, and pointing to the bed with her finger she \ninvited\, as I have said\, the Beloved to rest there. Like the disciples on the way to \nEmmaus she cannot contain the ardor in her heart\, but entices him to be the \nguest of her soul\, compels him to spend the night with her. With Peter she says: \n“Lord it is good for us to be here.“ \nLet us now seek the spiritual content of these words. And indeed in the \nChurch the ‘bed’ where one reposes is\, in my opinion\, the cloisters and \nmonasteries\, where one lives undisturbed by the cares of the world and the \nanxieties of life. This bed is seen to be adorned with flowers when the conduct \nand life of the brothers brightly reflect the examples and rules of the Fathers\, as \nif strewn with sweet smelling flowers. By ‘houses’ understand the ordinary \ncommunities of Christians. \nThose who enjoy high office\, the Christian leaders of both orders\, strongly \nbind them together with laws justly imposed\, as beams bind the walls\, lest living \nby their own law and will\, they should fall apart from each other like tilting walls \nand tottering fences\, and thus the whole building fall to the ground and be \ndestroyed. The paneling however\, which is firmly attached to the beams\, and \nimpressively adds to the beauty of the house\, seems to me to designate the \ncourteous and disciplined behavior of a well-trained clergy\, who carry out their \nduties correctly. For how shall the clerical orders stand and fulfill their duties \nunless they are sustained\, as by beams\, by the beneficence and munificence of \nthose who govern and protect by their power?… \nThe cedar\, an incorruptible and fragrant wood of great height\, \nsufficiently indicates the qualities of the men who ought to be selected for the \nrole of beams. Hence it is necessary that those who are appointed over others \nshould be strong and reliable\, tenacious in hope\, their mind directed to \nsupernatural truths\, radiating everywhere the good odor of their faith and \nconduct. With the Apostle they can say: We are the incense offered by Christ to \nGod in every place. The cypress too\, a wood that is equally incorruptible and \nfragrant\, shows that every cleric ought to be of unblemished life and faith\, that \nhe may be seen as an ornamental paneling for the beauty of the house. For it is \nwritten: “Holiness befits your house\, O Lord\, for evermore\,” which expresses \nboth the beauty of virtue and the constancy of unfailing grace.
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