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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE DWELLING-PLACES \nOF OUR FOREFATHERS \nFrom a sermon by St John Henry Newman4 \n◊◊◊ \nThe Churches which we inherit are not the purchase of wealth nor the \ncreation of genius\, they are the fruits of martyrdom. They come of high deeds \nand sufferings\, as long before their very building as we are after it. Their \nfoundations are laid very deep\, even in the preaching of Apostles\, and the \nconfession of Saints\, and the first victories of the Gospel in our land. All that is \nso noble in their architecture\, all that captivates the eye and makes its way to \nthe heart\, is not a human imagination\, but a divine gift\, a moral result\, a \nspiritual work. \nThe Cross is ever planted in hazard and suffering\, and is watered with \ntears and blood. No where does it take root and bear fruit\, except its preaching \nbe with self-denial. It is easy indeed\, for the ruling powers to make a decree\, and \nset religion on high\, and extend its range\, and herald its name; but they cannot \nplant it\, they can but impose it. The Church alone can plant the Church. The \nChurch alone can found her sees\, and enclose herself within walls. None but \nsaintly men\, mortified men\, preachers of righteousness\, and confessors for the \ntruth\, can create a home for the truth in any land. Thus the Temples of God are \nwithal the monuments of his Saints\, and we call them by their names while we \nconsecrate them to his glory. Their simplicity\, grandeur\, solidity\, elevation\, \ngrace\, and exuberance or ornament\, do but bring to remembrance the patience \nand purity\, the courage\, meekness\, and great charity\, the heavenly affections\, \nthe activity in well-doing\, the faith and resignation\, of men and women who \nthemselves did but worship in mountains\, and in deserts\, and in caves and dens \nof the earth. \nThey labored\, but not in vain\, for others entered into their labor; and\, as \nif by natural consequence\, at length their word prospered after them\, and made \nitself a home\, even these sacred palaces in which it has so long dwelt and which \nare still vouchsafed to us\, in token\, as we trust\, that they too are still with us \nwho spoke that word\, and with them\, his presence\, who gave them grace to \nspeak it. \nO happy they\, who\, in a sorrowful time\, avail themselves of this bond of \ncommunion with the Saints of old and with the Universal Church! O wise and \ndutiful\, who\, when the world has robbed them of so much\, set the more account \nupon what remains! We have not lost all\, while we have the dwelling-places of \nour forefathers; while we can repair those which are broken down\, and build \nupon the old foundations\, and propagate them upon new sites! Happy they\, who \nwhen they enter within their holy limits\, enter in heart into the court of heaven! \nAnd most unhappy\, who\, while they have eyes to admire\, admire them only for \ntheir beauty’s sake\, and the skill they exhibit; who regard them as works of art\, \nnot fruits of grace; bow down before their material forms\, instead of \nworshipping “in spirit and in truth;” count their stones\, and measure their \nspaces\, but discern in them no tokens of the invisible\, no canons of truth\, no \nlessons of wisdom\, to guide them forward in the way heavenward \nIn heaven is the substance\, of which here below we are vouchsafe the \nimage; the thither\, if we be worthy\, we shall at length attain. There is the holy \nJerusalem\, whose light is like unto a stone most precious\, even like a jasper \nstone\, clear as crystal; and whose wall is great and high\, with twelve gates\, and \nan Angel at each; whose glory is the Lord God Almighty\, and the Lamb is the \nlight. \n  \n4 Parochial & Plain Sermons\, John H. Newman (Ignatius Press CA\, 1987) pp. 1348-1349.9 \n  \n 
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