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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Dominic
DESCRIPTION:THE PRAYER OF ST DOMINIC1 \n◊◊◊ \nThe holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying\, full of \ndevotion and grace. After the canonical Hours and the grace which is said in \ncommon after meals\, the father would go off quickly on his own to a cell or \nsomewhere\, sober and alert and anointed with a spirit of devotion which he had \ndrawn from the divine words which had been sung in choir or during the meal; \nthere he would sit down to read or pray\, recollecting himself in himself and \nfixing himself in the presence of God. Sitting there quietly he would open some \nbook before him\, arming himself first with the sign of the cross\, and then he \nwould read. And he would be moved in his mind as delightfully as if he heard \nthe Lord speaking to him. \nAs the Psalm says\, “I will hear what the Lord God is saying in me.” It was \nas if he were arguing with a friend; at one moment he would appear to be feeling \nimpatient\, nodding his head energetically\, then he would seem to be listening \nquietly\, then you would see him disputing and struggling\, and laughing and \nweeping all at once\, fixing his gaze\, submitting\, then again speaking quietly and \nbeating his breast. If anyone was inquisitive enough to want to spy on him \nsecretly\, he would find that the holy father Dominic was like Moses\, who went \ninto the innermost desert and saw the burning bush and the Lord speaking and \ncalling to him to humble himself. The man of God had a prophetic way of \npassing quickly from reading to prayer and from meditation to contemplation. \nWhen he was reading like this on his own\, he used to venerate the book \nand bow to it and sometimes kiss it\, particularly if it was a book of the gospels \nor if he was reading the words which Christ had spoken with his own lips. And \nsometimes he used to hide his face and turn it aside\, or he would bury his face \nin his hands and hide it a little in his scapular. And then he would also become11 \nanxious and full of yearning\, and he would also rise a little\, respectfully\, and \nbow as if he were thanking some very special person for favours he has \nbestowed. Then\, quite refreshed and at peace in himself\, he would continue \nreading his book.
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