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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:ST LAWRENCE \nBy St Augustine1 \n◊◊◊ \nThe Roman Church commends to us today the anniversary of the triumph \nof St. Lawrence. For on this day he trod the furious pagan world underfoot and \nflung aside its allurements\, and so gained victory over Satan’s attack on his \nfaith. As you have often heard\, Lawrence was a deacon of the Church at Rome. \nThere he ministered the sacred blood of Christ; there for the sake of Christ’s \nname he poured out his own blood. St John the Apostle was evidently teaching \nus about the mystery of the Lord’s supper when he wrote: Just as Christ laid \ndown his life for us\, so we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. My \nbrethren\, Lawrence understood this and\, understanding\, he acted on it. Just as \nhe had partaken of a gift of self at the table of the Lord\, so he prepared to offer \nsuch a gift. In his life he loved Christ; in his death he followed in his footsteps. \nBrethren\, we too must imitate Christ if we truly love him. We shall not be \nable to render better return on that love than by modeling our lives on his. \nChrist suffered for us\, leaving us an example\, that we should follow in his steps. \nIn saying this\, the Apostle Peter seems to have understood that Christ suffered \nonly for those who follow in his steps\, in the sense that Christ’s passion is of no \navail to those who do not. The holy martyrs followed Christ even to the shedding \nof their life’s blood\, even to reproducing the very likeness of his passion. They \nfollowed him\, but not they alone. It is not true that the bridge was broken after \nthe martyrs crossed; nor is it true that after they had drunk from it\, the fountain \nof eternal life dried up. \nI tell you again and again\, my brethren\, that in the Lord’s garden are to \nbe found not only the roses of his martyrs. In it there are also the lilies of the \nvirgins\, the ivy of wedded couples\, and the violets of widows. On no account15 \nmay any class of people despair\, thinking that Christ has not called them. Christ \nsuffered for all. What the Scriptures say of him is true: He desires all to be saved \nand to come to knowledge of the truth. \nLet us understand\, then\, how a Christian must follow Christ even though \nhe does not shed his blood for him\, and his faith is not called upon to undergo \nthe great test of the martyr’s sufferings. The apostle Paul says of Christ our Lord: \nThough he was in the form of God he did not consider equality with God a prize \nto be clung to. How unrivaled his majesty! But he emptied himself\, taking on \nthe form of a slave\, made in human likeness\, and presenting himself in human \nform. How deep his humility! \nChrist humbled himself. Christian\, that is what you must make your own. \nChrist became obedient. How is it that you are proud? When this humbling \nexperience was completed and death itself lay conquered\, Christ ascended into \nheaven. Let us follow him there\, for we hear Paul saying: If you have been raised \nwith Christ\, you must lift your thoughts on high\, where Christ now sits at the \nright hand of God.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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