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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Ambrose
DESCRIPTION:REMAIN WITHIN \nFrom a letter by St Ambrose \n◊◊◊ \nIf someone has taken up residence in the heavenly city\, let him not leave \nits life and customs\, since he is an inhabitant. Let him not again depart\, or \nretrace the steps\, I do not say\, of the body\, but of the heart. Let him not come \nback from there. Behind him is wantonness; behind is impurity. Your feet \nshould not turn back\, neither should your actions turn back. Your hands should \nnot hang idle\, nor should the knees of your devotion and faith become weak. Let \nno weakness cause your will to backslide\, nor evil deeds recur. You have made \nyour entrance\, now remain. You have reached this place\, stand firm. ‘Being safe\, \nsave thy life.’ \nIn your ascent\, take the straight path; it is not safe to turn back. Here is \nthe road; there is downfall. Here is the path upward; there\, a precipice… The \nLord who is powerful will protect you if you are grounded and hedged round \nwith the ramparts of the Prophets and the bulwarks of the Apostles. For this \nreason\, the Lord says to you: ‘Enter and tread the grape\, for the vintage time is \nhere.’ Let us be found within\, not out of doors. In the Gospel\, too\, the Son of God \nsays: ‘Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take his vessels.’ Surely\, He \ndoes not mean our present dwelling but that one of which ‘He has spread the sky \nlike a roof.’ \nRemain within\, therefore\, within Jerusalem\, within your soul which is \npeaceful\, meek\, and tranquil. Do not leave it or go down to take your vessels \nwith honors or riches or pride. Remain within\, so that strangers may not pass \nthrough you\, so that neither sins nor vain works nor useless thoughts may pass \nthrough your soul. This will not happen if you wage a holy war against the snare \nof the passions on behalf of devotion and faith and in the pursuit of truth\, if you \nwill put on the armor of God in your fight against spiritual diseases and the \ncunning of the Evil One who tempts our senses with cunning and fraud. Yet\, he \nis easily crushed by the gentle warrior who does not sow discord\, but\, as befits \nthe servant of God\, attaches faith with moderation and refutes those who are his \nadversaries. Of this man Scriptures says: ‘Let the warrior who is gentle arise\,’ \nand the weak man says: ‘I can do all things in him who strengthens me.’
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