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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:GROUNDED IN THE FAITH \nFrom a homily by Origen \n◊◊◊ \nThe omnipotent God\, who lays down for men the contest of observing his \nLaw in this world\, lists what ought to be done and not done\, announces suitably \nat the end of the book of Leviticus where each individual observance is \nestablished\, what reward he who fulfills them bears and what punishment he \nwho does not observe them undergoes. \nBut if the Law…is not spiritual but carnal\, there is no doubt that he grants \ncarnally observed blessings also to those who observe them carnally. But if\, as it \nseems to the Apostle Paul\, the Law is spiritual then it must be observed \nspiritually and there is a spiritual reward of the blessings for which they hope… \nSo that what we say may not be doubted\, let us hear the voice of the Apostle Paul \nhimself writing about spiritual blessings to the Ephesians: Blessed be the God \nand Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who blessed us in Christ with every \nspiritual blessing in heaven. \nAnd you will eat your bread in abundance. I do not take that to be a \nphysical blessing\, as if he who keeps the Law of God obtains this ordinary bread \nin abundance. Why? Do not the impious and wicked eat bread not only in \nabundance but even in delight? Therefore\, if we turn our attention more to him \nwho said\, I am the living bread which descended from heaven\, and whoever \neats this bread will live forever\, and if we consider that he who said this was \nthe Word by which souls are nourished\, then we will understand about \nwhich bread it was said\, And you will eat your bread in abundance. In \nProverbs\, Solomon also proclaims similar things about the just man when \nhe says\, When the just man eats\, he will fill his soul; but the souls of the \nimpious will be in extreme poverty. \nIf you take it according to the literal sense\, it appears false. For the \nsouls of the impious take food with eagerness and strive after satiety; but \nthe just meanwhile are hungry. Paul was just and he said\, Up to this hour \nwe are hungry\, and thirsty\, and naked\, and we are beaten with fists. But \nif you consider how the just man always and without interruption eats \nfrom the living bread and fills his soul with the heavenly food which is the \nWord of God and his Wisdom\, you will find how the just man eats his \nbread in abundance from the blessing of God. \nAnd you will dwell secure upon your land. The unjust man is never \nsecure but is always moved and wavers and is carried about by every wind of \ndoctrine. But the just man who keeps the Law of God dwells secure upon his \nland. For his understanding is made firm by saying to God\, Confirm me\, O \nLord\, in your words. Therefore\, he lives upon his land grounded in the faith \nbecause his building is not placed upon sand\, and his root is not ‘upon a rock’\, \nbut indeed his house was founded upon the earth\, but his plant took root in the \ndepth of the earth\, that is\, in the interior of his soul. Therefore\, it is rightly said \nto a soul of this kind in the blessings\, You will dwell secure upon your land; and \nI will give peace upon your land.
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