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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:WHEREVER CHRIST LEADS \nBy St Cyril of Alexandria \n◊◊◊ \nThe glory of Christ filled the true Tabernacle\, which is the Church\, from \nthe very moment it was set up on earth. This\, surely\, is what is signified by the \ncloud that covered the first Tabernacle. Christ has filled the Church with his \nglory\, and now like a fire\, he shines forth to give light to those who live in the \ndarkness of ignorance and error. He shades and protects those already \nenlightened by the dawn of his day in their hearts. He refreshes them with the \nheavenly dew of his consolations sent down from above through the Spirit. This \nis what we should understand by the saying that by night he appeared in the \nform of fire\, and by day in the form of cloud. \nThose who were as yet uninstructed in the teaching of Christ required \nspiritual enlightenment to bring them to a knowledge of God; but the more \nadvanced\, whose minds had been illumined by faith\, were in need of protection \nfrom the scorching heat of the day\, and of courage to bear the burdens of this \npresent life. For all who desire to live a godly life in Christ will suffer \npersecution. \nWhenever the cloud moved forward\, the Tabernacle went with it; when \nthe cloud settled\, the Tabernacle came to rest with it and the Israelites broke \ntheir journey. Now the meaning of this for us is that wherever Christ leads\, the \nChurch\, the holy multitude of believers\, follows him. The faithful are never \nseparated from the Saviour who calls them to himself. We may not be able to \nfind any special meaning in the constant halts and new departures throughout \nour spiritual journey under Christ’s guidance. It is the whole journey\, following \nthe cloud whether it moves forward or settles\, that symbolizes our desire to be \nwith God. \nNevertheless\, if we would have a more subtle interpretation\, we could \nperhaps say that our first departure is from unbelief to faith\, from ignorance to \nknowledge\, and from having no perception of the true God to clear recognition \nof the Creator and Lord of the universe. The second stage\, and an essential one\, \nis conversion from sin and licentiousness to a desire for amendment both in \nthought and deed. But the best and most glorious is the third part of the journey\, \nbecause in it we leave behind what is deficient and move onward toward what is \nperfect both in our actions and in our belief. \nSo\, little by little\, we advance toward the ideal we see in Christ\, to become \nthe perfect man\, sharing in the perfection of Christ himself. This surely is what \nSaint Paul means by saying: Forgetting what lies behind me and straining \nforward to what lies ahead\, I press on to reach the goal\, the heavenly reward to \nwhich God calls me in Christ Jesus.
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