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DESCRIPTION:A reading from\nST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM 2\n◊◊◊\n[Christ’s] predictions were of two kinds. Some are to be fulfilled in the\npresent life; others will come true after the consummation of the world. But the\nfirst kind confirmed the second and gave abundant proof that the prophecies\nabout the world to come are also true. Let me give you an example and\, by that\nexample\, I shall try to clear up any obscurity in what I mean. When only twelve\ndisciples followed him\, neither the reality nor even the name of a Church\noccurred to anyone. The synagogue was still flourishing. Why\, then\, did he\nspeak of the Church and predict it at a time when practically the whole world\nwas in the grip of godlessness? “Upon this rock I shall build my Church\, and the\ngates of hell shall not prevail against it”. \nPut this prediction of Christ to whatever test you wish and you will see\nthat its truth shines brightly forth. For it is a marvel not only that he built the\nChurch throughout the world but that he kept it unconquered even though it\nwas harassed by so many assaults. The words: “The gates of hell shall not\nprevail against it\,” mean the dangers which beget death\, the dangers which lead\nus down to hell. \nDo you not see that this prediction came true? Do you not see the strength\nof its fulfillment? Do you not see the words shining forth as proved in the light\nof the facts? Do you not see his invincible power which does all things with\nease? Because the words are few — “I will build my Church” — do not simply\npass over them. Ponder them in your mind. \nThink how great a thing it is to fill every land under the sun with so many\nChurches in so short a time. Think what it means to have converted so many\nnations\, to have won over so many peoples\, to have destroyed ancestral\ncustoms\, to have torn out deep-rooted habits\, to have driven out\, like dust\nbefore the wind\, the tyrannous rule of pleasure and the power and strength of\nevil. People have destroyed their old altars\, temples\, idols\, and rites. They have\ndestroyed their accursed festivals and made the unclean savor of victims\ndisappear like smoke. \nThey have raised up new altars everywhere… That word which Christ\nspoke in his own day has been planted in the souls of all men and is found on the\nlips of all. It is just as if land that was filled with thorns has been cleansed and\nbecome a cleared field. And this field has received the seeds of godliness. \n2 Demonstration Against the Pagans That Christ is God. Trans. Paul W. Harkins\, Fathers of the Church Series\, vol. 73.\nWashington\, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press\, 1985\, pp. 238-239.
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