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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST JOHN HENRY NEWMAN \n◊◊◊ \nGreat is the difference between sincere and insincere Christians\, however \nlike their words may be to each other. All men and women\, even after the gift of \nGod’s grace\, sin: God’s true servants profess and sin\, – sin\, and are sorry; and \nhypocrites profess and sin\, – sin\, and are sorry. Thus the two parties look like each \nother. But the word of God discriminates one from the other by this test\, – that \nChrist dwells in the conscience of one not of the other; that the one opens his heart \nto God\, the other does not; the one views Almighty God only as an accidental guest\, \nthe other as Lord and owner of all that he is; the one admits Him as if for a night\, or \nsome stated season\, the other gives himself over to God\, and considers himself \nGod’s servant and instrument now and for ever. \nNot more different is the intimacy of friends from mere acquaintance; not \nmore different is it to know a person in society\, to be courteous and obliging to him\, \nto interchange civilities\, from opening one’s heart to another\, admitting him into it\, \nseeing into his\, loving him\, and living in him; – than the external worship of the \nhypocrite\, from the inward devotion of true faith; approaching God with the lips\, \nfrom believing on Him with the heart; so opening to the Spirit that He opens to us\, \nfrom so living to self as to exclude the light of heaven… \nDo you\, then habitually thus unlock your hearts and subject your thoughts to \nAlmighty God? Are you living in this conviction of His Presence\, and have you this \nspecial witness that that Presence is really set up within you unto your salvation\, \nthat is\, that you live in the sense of it? Do you believe\, and act on the belief\, that His \nlight penetrates and shines through your heart\, as the sun’s beams through a \nroom? You know how things look when the sun’s beams are on it\, – the very air then \nappear full of impurities\, which\, before it came out\, were not seen. So is it with our \nsouls. We are full of stains and corruptions\, we see them not\, they are like the air \nbefore the sun shines; but though we see them not\, God sees them: He pervades us \nas the sunbeam. \nOur souls\, in His view\, are full of things which offend\, things which must be \nrepented of\, forgiven\, and put away. He\, in the words of the Psalmist\, “has set our \nmisdeeds before Him\, our secret sins in the light of His countenance.” This is most \ntrue\, though it be not at all welcome doctrine to many. We cannot hide ourselves \nfrom Him; and our wisdom\, as our duty\, lies in embracing this truth\, acquiescing \nin it\, and acting upon it. Let us then beg Him to teach us the Mystery of His \nPresence in us\, that\, by acknowledging it\, we may thereby possess it fruitfully… \nLet us submit ourselves to His guidance and sovereign direction; let us come to \nHim that He may forgive us\, cleanse us\, change us\, guide us\, and save us.
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