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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE ONE TRUE VISION \nOF CHRISTIAN FAITH \nFrom a sermon by St John Henry Newman \n◊◊◊ \nHowever much a duty it is to undergo excitements when they are sent \nupon us\, it is plainly unchristian\, a manifest foolishness and sin\, to seek out any \nsuch\, whether secular or religious. Hence gaming is so great an offense; as being \na presumptuous creation on our part of a serious\, if not an overpowering \ntemptation to fix the heart upon an object of this world. Hence\, the mischief of \nmany amusements\, of (what is called) the fashion of the day; which are devised \nfor the very purpose of taking up the thoughts\, and making time pass easy. \nQuite contrary is the Christian temper\, which is in its perfect and peculiar \nenjoyment when engaged in that ordinary\, unvaried course of duties which God \nassigns\, and which the world calls dull and tiresome. To get up day after day to \nthe same employments\, and to feel happy in them\, is the great lesson of the \nGospel; and\, when\, exemplified in those who are alive to the temptation of being \nbusy\, it implies a heart weaned from the love of this world. True\, illness of body\, \nas well as restlessness of mind\, may occasionally render such a life a burden. It \nis true also that indolence\, self-indulgence\, timidity and other similar bad \nhabits\, may adopt it by preference\, as a pretext for neglecting more active \nduties. \nMen and women of energetic minds and talents for action are called to a \nlife of trouble; they are the compensations and antagonists of the world’s evils. \nStill let them never forget their place – they are persons of war\, and we war that \nwe may obtain peace. They are but persons of war\, honored indeed by God’s \nchoice\, and\, in spite of all momentary excitements\, resting in the depth of their \nhearts upon the One true Vision of Christian faith…amid the unostentatious \nduties of ordinary life. \n“Martha\, Martha\, you are anxious and troubled about many things; but \none thing is needful\, and Mary has chosen that good part which shall not be \ntaken away from her.” Such is our Lord’s judgment\, showing that our true \nhappiness consists in being at leisure to serve God without excitements. For this \ngift we especially pray in one of our Collects: “Grant\, O Lord\, that the course of \nthis world may be so peaceably ordered by your governance\, that your Church \nmay joyfully serve you in all godly quietness.”
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