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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:RISE UP\, BE ENLIGHTENED \nFrom a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx \n◊◊◊ \nRise up\, be enlightened\, Jerusalem\, for your light has come. This is the \nJerusalem which the Lord Jesus\, who is the true and highest peace\, is building \nup out of living stones\, the Jerusalem that aspires to the vision of him and \nbelieves with utter certainty that it shall find its happiness in that vision. It is the \nholy Church. It is each and every holy gathering\, each and every holy soul. Rise \nup\, he said\, be enlightened\, Jerusalem. \nRightly was it told: Rise up\, for it was lying prostrate. Rightly is it told\, Be \nenlightened\, for it was blind. It was lying prostrate\, blind\, in darkness\, in error\, \nin sin. Therefore it was told: Rise up\, because he who would raise it up had \nalready stooped down. It is told: Be enlightened\, because he who would \nenlighten it was already present. What else does that new star proclaim from the \nheavens but Rise up\, be enlightened? The sign of the Lord’s birth has appeared \nin the heavens so that we may rise from the love of earthly things to heaven. And \nthis sign takes the form of a star so that we may know that by his birth we shall \nbe enlightened… \nThe three kings of whom we have spoken came to Jerusalem and asked: \nWhere is he who is born King of the Jews? As soon as Herod heard those words \nhe was dismayed. Why\, if not because he was earth and darkness covered the \nearth? He was afraid of losing his earthly kingdom. Because all he sought was an \nearthly kingdom\, he thought that the newborn king would seek only an earthly \nkingdom… \nBut now lying prostrate in carnal desires and in the darkness of iniquities \nis a matter for great agitation\, for the true light that enlightens every one \ncoming into the world\, Christ Jesus\, has now come. We cannot have further \nexcuse for our sins\, for Christ\, who takes away the sins of the world and justifies \nthe wicked\, now speaks to us openly. Someone who follows me does not walk in \ndarkness but will have the light of life. \nAnd what is the way by which he walks and which leads to him? Let him \ntell you himself: Anyone who chooses to come after me must deny himself\, take \nup his cross and follow me. The apostle also points out the way that leads to \nChrist; it is\, he says\, through many tribulations that we must enter the \nkingdom of heaven. Again\, the Lord tells us in the Gospel: Blessed are the poor \nin spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. \nThis is the way by which Jesus walked and by which we shall come to him: \nthe renunciation of our own will\, the imitation of Christ’s passion\, the hardships \nof the present life\, and voluntary poverty. This is the way which sacred Scripture \nshows us\, which\, as we said\, appeared to the three kings.
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