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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:A HIDDEN GOD \nBy Edward Leen \n◊◊◊ \nEverybody knows that the call of the Magi typifies the vocation of the \nGentiles to the Church of God. But to penetrate more deeply into this mystery \nand to read therein an experience common to a multitude of souls demand a \ndeeper understanding of God’s way of manifesting himself to his creatures\, and \na keener discernment of his action in human souls. \nGod is a hidden God\, and must be so for us. He manifests himself \nobscurely. God does not hide himself from us purposely or to make approach to \nhim more difficult. He desires revelation of himself to us\, and approach to him \non our part. God in his approach to us but tempters his brilliancy to \naccommodate it to our weak and diseased spiritual vision. He\, as it were\, takes \ncare not to hurt our soul’s sight. But he aims at revelation through dimmed \nradiance. The incarnation\, which is the utmost concealment of the Godhead \nthat there is\, or that can be — except that of the Eucharist alone — is the greatest \nrevelation of God. \nThat we are dull of perception is certainly not due to the mode in which \nGod reveals himself\, but must be traceable to our fault. It is the poor quality of \nour faith that is responsible for this dullness. We do not take God on his own \nconditions. We are always given to imposing ours on him. We have a tendency \nto decide for ourselves what shall be the sensible exterior vesture of God’s \nmessage. We clothe that message with a garment woven of our own ideas and \nimaginings\, and we reject the material selected by God himself for his \nrevelation. \nNot so the wise men. They took God on his own terms. We choose a \ncertain mode for his manifestation\, and they acknowledged him as God in the \nlowliness of the guise in which he appeared. They looked on a babe and they said \nGod. Their faith was superb. \nThat the three wise men were able to discern in the form of a helpless \nbabe\, lying in an earthly Mother’s frail arms\, under a miserable roof\, the king of \nkings\, the great redeemer of the human race that had been spoken of in \nprophecy for centuries before\, was a truly marvelous thing… \nThe wonderful faith of these men passes all belief. Their appearance in the \npages of Saint Matthew is like a sudden burst of glorious sunshine\, breaking in a \nflood of glory\, through a sky wrapped in a mantle of somber gray. And the star \nwent before them\, until it came and stood over where the child was; and seeing \nthe star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy… \nAs they saw the humble roof under which the child was\, and as they \nperceived the lowly simple conditions of his parents\, were they taken aback? \nHad they any misgivings? Were they harassed by any doubts?… It was the \nsupreme test to which they were put\, and their magnificent faith triumphed \nover all appearances. Their hearts responded loyally to the touch of grace\, for \nthey were unprejudiced and ready to concede to God whatever form he should \nchoose for his manifestation.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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