BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251018
DTSTAMP:20260511T231739
CREATED:20251012T140905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T140905Z
UID:14025-1760659200-1760745599@laycisterciansofgethsemani.org
SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Ignatius of Antioch
DESCRIPTION:GOD’S WHEAT \nFrom the Letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans \n◊◊◊ \nI am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for \nGod if only you do not stand in my way. I plead with you: show me no untimely \nkindness. Let me be food for the wild beasts\, for they are my way to God. I am \nGod’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become God’s pure \nbread. Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a \nsacrificial victim for God. \nNo earthly pleasures\, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any \nway. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. \nHe who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our \nsakes is my one desire. The time for my birth is close at hand. Forgive me\, my \nbrothers. Do not stand in the way of my birth to real life; do not wish me \nstillborn. My desire is to belong to God. Do not\, then\, hand me back to the world. \nDo not try to tempt me with material things. Let me attain pure light. Only on \nmy arrival there can I be fully a human being. Give me the privilege of imitating \nthe passion of my God. If you have him in your heart\, you will understand what I \nwish. You will sympathize with me because you will know what urges me on. \nThe prince of this world is determined to lay hold of me and to undermine \nmy will which is intent on God. Let none of you here help him; instead show \nyourselves on my side\, which is also God’s side. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as \nlong as you love this world. Do not harbor envious thoughts. \nAnd supposing I should see you\, if then I beg you to intervene on my \nbehalf\, do not believe what I say. Believe instead what I am now writing to you. \nFor though I am alive as I write to you\, still my real desire is to die. My love for \nthis life has been crucified\, and there is no yearning in me for any earthly thing. \nRather within me is the living water which says deep inside me: “Come to the \nFather.” I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this \nworld. I want only God’s bread\, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ\, formed of the \nseed of David\, and for drink I crave his blood\, which is love that cannot perish. \nI am no longer willing to live a merely human life\, and you can bring about \nmy wish if you will. Please\, then\, do me this favor\, so that you in turn may meet \nwith equal kindness. Put briefly\, this is my request: believe what I am saying to \nyou. Jesus Christ himself will make it clear to you that I am saying the truth. \nOnly truth can come from that mouth by which the Father has truly spoken. \nPray for me that I may obtain my desire. I have not written to you as a mere man \nwould\, but as one who knows the mind of God. If I am condemned to suffer\, I \ntake it that you wish me well. If my case is postponed\, I can only think that you \nwish me harm.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-st-ignatius-of-antioch-3/
CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR