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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:“O ADONAI” \nTHE LORD WHO LOVED US FIRST \nFrom the writings of William of St Thierry \n◊◊◊ \nYou alone are the Lord. By ruling us you save us and we are saved by \nserving you. Lord\, you save your people and bless them\, but what does it mean \nto be saved by you if not to receive the grace of loving you and of being loved \nby you? And so\, Lord\, you willed the Son at your right hand\, the man you made \nstrong for your service\, to be called Jesus\, which means Savior\, for he will save \nhis people from their sins\, and indeed salvation is to be found in him alone. \nHe taught us to love him by first loving us\, even to the extent of dying on the \ncross. By loving us and holding us so dear he aroused our love for him who first \nloved us to the very end… \nOne seldom meets a person who can say: “I love you\, in order that you \nmay love me!” This is what really happened. You loved us first to make us love \nyou\, not because you needed our love\, but because we could not be what you \ncreated us to be\, except by loving you. \nIn many ways and on various occasions you spoke to our ancestors \nthrough the prophets. Now in these last days you have spoken to us through \nthe Son\, your Word\, by whom the heavens were made\, by whose breath the \nwhole heavenly host came to be. \nBy speaking through your Son you made the extent of your love for us as \nplain as day. You did not spare your own Son but gave him up for all of us. And \nhe himself loved us and gave himself up for us. This Lord is your Word to us\, \nyour omnipotent Word. While all things were in profound silence (that is\, in \nthe depths of error) he came from his royal throne\, the stern conqueror of error \nand gentle apostle of love. You wanted us to love you because otherwise our \nsalvation would not have been just\, and we could not do so unless you made it \npossible. Therefore\, Lord\, you loved us first. For our part\, we love you with the \nlove you yourself have given us. Your love is your goodness. It is the Holy Spirit. \nBy his inspiration\, by keeping us from harm and by providing for our needs\, he \nunites God to us and us to God \n  \nWilliam of St Thierry. On the Contemplation of God. CF 3. Trans. Unknown (Different from CF 3). 51-53.5 \n 
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-142/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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