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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE GENTLENESS OF CHARITY \nFrom “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx \n◊◊◊ \nLet anyone who finds it pleasant to enjoy his friend see to it that he enjoy \nhim in the Lord\, not in the world or in pleasure of the flesh\, but in joyfulness of \nspirit. But\, you ask\, what does it mean to enjoy ‘in the Lord’? About the Lord\, the \napostle Paul said: By God he has been made for us wisdom\, sanctification\, and \njustice. Since the Lord is wisdom\, sanctification\, and justice\, to find enjoyment \nin the Lord is to find enjoyment in wisdom\, sanctification\, and justice. By \nwisdom worldly vanity is banished\, by sanctification the vileness of the flesh is \nforsworn\, and by justice all flattery and fawning are checked. \nThen it is charity\, if it comes\, as the apostle says\, from a pure heart\, a clear \nconscience\, and unfeigned faith. A pure heart accepts wisdom\, modesty calms \nthe conscience and unfeigned faith adorns justice. There are those who take \nenjoyment in vain and ludicrous things\, in worldly pomp and mundane \nspectacles\, in the pursuit of vanity\, and in reveling in falsehood. They do not \nenjoy themselves in wisdom\, nor in him who is the strength of God and the \nwisdom of God. Others\, although not worse\, are certainly more vile. In them \nthere is almost nothing human. Obscene depravity has transformed them into \nbeasts who find enjoyment in self-indulgent banqueting and impure desires. \nSince they do not enjoy themselves in the sanctification which consists of the \ngentleness of charity\, they do not\, of course\, enjoy the Lord who was made our \nsanctification by God. \nThere are others who take enjoyment in flattery\, patting each other on the \nback and conniving with each other. While taking care not to offend one \nanother\, they incur each other’s ruin because they do not enjoy themselves in \nthe liberty of justice or in the Lord. \nIf our mutual exchange of words is delightful\, let our talk therefore be \nabout our habits and about Scripture. Let us now grieve together over the \nmiseries of the world\, now rejoice together in the hope of future happiness. Let \nus now refresh one another by confiding our mutual secrets\, now long together \nfor the blessed vision of Jesus\, and for heavenly well-being. \nIf we relax our tense spirits with some pleasant and less lofty subjects\, as \nis sometimes useful\, let these moments of relaxation be filled with rectitude and \nfree of frivolity. Although these subjects may not be weighty\, let them never lack \nconstructiveness. Let us enjoy one another in sanctification\, so that each may \nknow how to possess his vessel—that is to say\, his own body—in sanctification \nand honor\, and not in the passion of desire. Let us take enjoyment in justice\, so \nwe may mutually encourage one another in the spirit of freedom. Let us correct \none another\, knowing that wounds from a friend are better than an enemy’s \ndeceitful kisses.
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