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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:From a reading by \nST AMBROSE \n◊◊◊ \nWhat is virginal chastity but purity free from stain. And whom can we \njudge to be its author but the immaculate Son of God\, whose flesh saw no \ncorruption\, whose Godhead experienced no infection? Consider\, then\, how \ngreat are the merits of virginity. Christ was before the Virgin\, Christ was of the \nVirgin. Begotten indeed of the Father before the ages\, but born of the Virgin for \nthe ages. The former was of His won nature\, the latter is for our benefit. The \nformer always was\, the latter He willed. \nConsider\, too\, another merit of virginity. Christ is the spouse of the \nVirgin\, and if one may so say “spouse” of virginal chastity\, for virginity is of \nChrist\, not Christ of virginity. He is\, then\, the Virgin who was espoused\, the \nVirgin who bore us\, who fed us with her milk\, of whom we read: “What great \nthings has the virgin of Jerusalem done! The breasts shall not fail from the rock\, \nnor snow from Lebanon\, nor the water which is borne by the strong wind.” \nWho is this virgin that is watered with the streams of the Trinity\, from \nwhose rock waters flow\, whose breasts fail not\, and whose honey is poured \nforth? Now\, according to the Apostle\, the rock is Christ. Therefore\, from Christ \nthe breasts fail not\, nor brightness from God\, nor the river from the Spirit. This \nis the Trinity which waters their Church\, the Father\, Christ\, and the Spirit. \nBut let us now come down from the mother to the daughters. “Concerning \nvirgins\,” says the Apostle\, “I have no commandment of the Lord.” If the teacher \nof the Gentiles had none\, who could have one? And in truth he had no \ncommandment\, but he had an example. For virginity cannot be commanded\, \nbut must be wished for\, for things which are above us are matters for prayer \nrather than under mastery. “But I would have you\,” he says\, “be without care. \nFor he who is without a wife is careful for the things which are the Lord’s\, how he \nmay please God… And the virgin takes thought for the things of the Lord\, that \nshe may be holy in body and in spirit. For she that is married takes thought for \nthe things of the world\, how she may please her husband.” \nI am not indeed discouraging marriage\, but am enlarging upon the \nbenefits of virginity.
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