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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - SS Peter & Paul
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST AELRED OF RIEVAULX \n◊◊◊ \nThough the earth and all who dwell in it may rock\, it is I who uphold its pillars. \nThe pillars of the earth\, my brothers\, are the holy apostles\, especially \nthese two whose feast we celebrate today. They are the pillars who support holy \nChurch through their doctrine\, their prayers\, and through the example of their \npatience. These are the pillars our Lord upholds. Previously\, they were very \nweak and unable to support themselves or others. Yet this was a great \ndispensation of the Lord. For if they had always been strong\, someone could \nthink that they had always had this strength from themselves. For that reason \nour Lord wished to show first what they were of themselves\, and then \nafterwards to uphold them\, so that all might know that all their strength was \nfrom God… \nFor these pillars were very weak: obviously saint Peter was weak\, for \nexample\, when the voice of one maidservant cast him down. Afterward\, the \nLord upheld that pillar: first\, when He asked him three times\, Peter\, do you love \nMe? and three times Peter answered\, I do love you. For as Peter diminished that \nlove of our Lord in himself when he denied Him three times\, and therefore this \npillar failed and was broken; so through Peter’s confessing his love three times\, \nthis pillar was upheld. \nThat other pillar\, Paul\, was undoubtedly weak\, too… When he was \nprostrate and blind and led into the city; when Ananias came to him and \ninstructed him\, then he was weak. But hear how strong he was afterwards: I am \ncertain\, he says\, that neither death\, nor life\, nor angels\, nor any other creature \ncan separate me from the Love of God. \nAnd note that when Peter answered\, I do love you\, the Lord immediately \nsaid to him Feed My sheep; as if to say: Show me the love you have for Me in this \nway: by feeding My sheep. Therefore\, my brothers\, he who does not wish to feed \nChrist’s sheep\, falsely says that he loves God… \nIn each soul our Lord also has some sheep\, that is\, some virtues which he \nwho loves Christ must feed. These sheep are: charity\, humility\, spiritual joy\, \nand the like. We feed these sheep when we do works that make these virtues \ngrow in us. And each one of us must also feed these sheep\, these virtues\, in the \nothers. We do this if we so conduct ourselves before our brothers that their \ncharity\, their joy\, their humility and patience grow by our example. For how do I \nfeed humility in my brother\, if I am proud before him\, if I speak proudly\, answer \nhim proudly\, walk proudly? How do I feed obedience in my brother\, if he sees \nme contrary and disobedient? How do I feed his patience if I grumble\, am \nirascible\, or speak or make signs harshly before him? \nTherefore if you love Christ\, my brothers\, feed Christ’s sheep\, and you will \nbelong to these pillars which are upheld by Christ’s love. And let us place before \nour eyes the life and death of these saints and their reward; let us think that if we \nimitate their sufferings as we can\, without doubt we will be joined to their lot.
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