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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:FORGIVE US\, AS WE FORGIVE \nFrom a sermon by Caesarius of Arles6 \n◊◊◊ \nIf any one of us is in conflict with another\, let us end the quarrel lest we \nourselves end badly. Do not consider this unimportant\, my beloved. Let us call \nto mind that our life here is mortal and frail\, that it is endangered by many and \ngreat temptations\, and this makes us pray that we may not be overcome. And \nso\, we realize that even the just are not without some sins. But there is one \nremedy which enables us to keep alive. For God\, our Master\, told us to say in \nour prayers: “Forgive us the wrong we have done as we forgive those who wrong \nus.” We have made a contract with God and taken a resolution that the wrong \nmust be forgiven. This makes us ask with complete confidence to be forgiven \nprovided we too forgive. \nIf\, on the contrary\, we do not forgive\, how can we in good conscience hope \nthat our sins will be forgiven? Let us not deceive ourselves: God deceived no \none. It is human to be angry\, but I wish it were impossible. It is human to \nbecome angry but let us not water the small plant born of anger with various \nsuspicions. Let us not permit it to develop into a tree of hatred. It happens also \nfrequently that a father is angry with his son\, but he does not hate the son. He \nis angry because he wishes to correct the son. If this is his purpose\, his anger is \nanimated by love. \nWe read in Scripture: “Why look at the speck in your brother’s eye when \nyou miss the plank in your own?” You find fault with another person for being \nangry\, and you keep hatred in yourself. Anger in comparison with hatred is only \na speck\, but if the speck is fostered\, it becomes a plank. If\, on the contrary\, you \npluck out the speck and cast it away\, it will amount to nothing. \nOur Master says in another place: “Anyone who hates his brother is a \nmurderer.” Those who hate their brother\, walk around\, go out\, come in\, march \non\, are not burdened by any chains and are not shut up in any prison\, but they \nare bound by their guilt. Do not think of them as not being imprisoned. Their \nheart is in prison. When you hear: “He who hates his brother is in darkness all \nthe while\,” lest you might despise that darkness\, the evangelist adds: “Anyone \nwho hates his brother is a murderer.” \nYou hate your brothers and sisters and walk safely around and refuse to \nbe reconciled with them\, and God has given you time and opportunity. Yet you \nare a murderer and are still alive. If you felt God’s wrath you would be suddenly \nsnatched away with your hatred toward others. God spares you; spare others \nlikewise; make up and seek reconciliation with them. But suppose you want \nreconciliation and another does not want it. That is enough for you; you have \nsomething to grieve for\, you have freed yourself. If you want agreement and the \nother refuses\, say confidently: “Forgive us the wrong we have done as we forgive \nthose who wrong us.” \n  \n6 Fraternal Harmony (Morin Sermon 185) 1-2: PLS IV\, 446-447. (CR VI p 215)13 \n  \n  \n 
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