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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:REVEALING CHRIST’S LOVE \nBy Caryll Houselander3 \n◊◊◊ \nChrist never forced his love on anyone. Though he is perfection\, he never \nallowed himself to dominate the will and mind of another with his own. He \ndesired love that would be communion\, closer than human marriage\, closer \nthan the life of a mother to her unborn child\, an unimaginable communion of \nlove\, but all were to come to it through their own experience\, in their own way; \neven\, by a positive miracle of mercy\, through their own sorrow for their sins. \nThe impulse was to begin for each one in their own heart. It was never a \nviolation of the individual soul; instead\, a gentle\, almost imperceptible\, \nmovement of inward life. It could be likened to the quickening of the seed in \nthe earth\, when the warmth and light of the sun which is burning in heaven \ncomes down through the darkness and enters into it\, and the tender green shoot \npushes up towards the light\, compelled by the very sun that is so far away\, and \nyet is within it. \nMost people who want to know God and who are outside the Church have \njust one thing that is precious to them\, though to us with our clear-cut \ndefinitions\, our discipline\, and our sacraments\, it may seem so vague that it is \nhard for us to realize how much it means to them. This is their personal \napproach to God. Very often it seems to be hardly that at all\, so vague is it\, so \nclosely does it lean to sentimentality. It may be simply a memory of childhood\, \nor a stirring of the heart to God on seeing the first wild spray of blossoms that \nproclaim the spring\, or the stirring of the spirit when a certain familiar hymn is \nheard. But it is surely an indication of that individual’s approach to God and of \nhis approach to them\, and it is as sweet to them as it would be to a blind man if\, \nreaching out in darkness\, he touched the garment hem of Christ. \nChrist’s example shows us so clearly and simply how to practice his \nobjective love\, how to learn what is in the hearts of others. First we must realize \neveryone separately and approach each one differently. There are those who \ncome to him through their minds\, through study\, and through considering the \nproblems of today\, suffering above all. \nSometimes the revelation is secret\, and is made through reparation\, \nthrough gladly bearing the wounds of sin\, our own and the world’s\, inwardly\, \nand offering our suffering and sorrow in Christ’s to redeem the world and bring \npeace and the forgiveness of sins. By this means it is that Christ in us still passes \nthrough the locked doors of other lives\, of closed minds\, and frightened hearts. \n  \n3 The Risen Christ. Caryll Houselander\, Sheed & Ward\, New York\, 1958\, pp. 38-49.6 \n  \n 
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