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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Leo the Great
DESCRIPTION:THE WORKS OF \nGOD’S SERVANTS \nBy St Leo the Great \n◊◊◊ \nIt is a great and very precious thing\, beloved\, in the Lord’s sight\, when \nChrist’s whole people engage together in the same duties\, and all ranks and \ndegrees of either sex co-operate with the same intent: when one purpose \nanimates all alike of declining from evil and doing good; when God is glorified in \nthe works of God’s servants\, and the Author of all godliness is blessed in \nunstinted giving of thanks. \nThe hungry are nourished\, the naked are clothed\, the sick are visited\, and \npeople seek not their own but “that which is another’s”\, so long as in relieving \nthe misery of others each one makes the most of one’s own means; and it is easy \nto find “a cheerful giver\,” where one’s performances are only limited by the \nextent of one’s power. \nBy this grace of God\, “which works all in all\,” the benefits and the deserts \nof the faithful are both enjoyed in common. For they\, whose income is not like\, \ncan yet think alike\, and when one rejoices over another’s bounty\, his feelings put \nhim on the same level with him whose powers of spending are on a different \nlevel. \nIn such a community there is no disorder nor diversity\, for all the \nmembers of the whole body agree in one strong purpose of godliness\, and one \nwho glories in the wealth of others is not put to shame by personal poverty. For \nthe excellence of each portion is the glory of the whole body\, and when we are all \nled by God’s Spirit\, not only are the things we do ourselves our own but those of \nothers also over the doing of which we rejoice… \nBut because we possess this greatness of heart\, and yet it is truly a pious \nthing for each one not to forsake the care of one’s own\, we\, without prejudice to \nthe more perfect sort\, lay down for you this general rule and exhort you to \nperform God’s bidding according to the measure of your ability. \nFor cheerfulness becomes one who is benevolent\, who should so manage \nliberality that while the poor rejoice over the help supplied\, home needs may not \nsuffer. “And he who ministers seed to the sower shall provide bread to be eaten \nand multiply your seed and increase the fruits of your righteousness.”
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