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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:MANY ARE CALLED\, \nBUT FEW ARE CHOSEN \nFrom “The Conferences” of St John Cassian \n◊◊◊ \nNow something must be said about the renunciations which the tradition \nof the Fathers and the authority of Holy Scripture show to be three and which \neach one of us ought to pursue with all our zeal. The first is that by which in \nbodily fashion we despise all the wealth and resources of the world. The second \nis that by which we reject the former behavior\, vices\, and affections of soul and \nbody. The third is that by which we call our mind away from everything that is \npresent and visible and contemplate only what is to come and desire those \nthings that are invisible. \nWe read that the Lord commanded Abraham to do these three things all at \nonce when he said to him\, Leave your country and your kinsfolk and your \nfather’s house. First he spoke of your country – namely\, of the resources of this \nworld and of earthly wealth; secondly\, of your kinsfolk – namely\, of the former \nway of life and behavior and vices that have been related to us from our birth by \na connection as it were of a certain affinity or consanguinity; thirdly\, of your \nfather’s house – namely\, of every vestige of this world which the eyes gaze upon. \nTherefore\, if we desire to achieve true perfection we ought to strive so \nthat\, just as with our body we have disdained parents\, homeland\, wealth\, and \nthe pleasures of the world\, we may also in our heart abandon all these things \nand not turn back again in our desires to what we have left behind\, like those \nwho were led out by Moses. Although\, to be sure\, they did not return in body\, \nnonetheless they are said to have turned back to Egypt in their heart\, for they \nabandoned the God who had led them out with such powerful signs and they \nvenerated the idols of Egypt that they had once disdained. Scripture recalls it \nthus: In their hearts they turned back to Egypt\, saying to Aaron: Make for us \ngods who will go before us. \nWe would be censured along with those who dwelled in the desert and \nwho desired the disgusting food of vice and filthiness after having eaten the \nheavenly manna\, and we would seem to complain like them: It was well with us \nin Egypt\, when we sat over pots of flesh and ate onions and garlic and \ncucumbers and melons. Although this manner of speaking first referred to that \npeople\, nonetheless we see it now daily fulfilled in our life and profession. For \neveryone who has first renounced this world and then returns to his former \npursuits and his erstwhile desires proclaims that in deed and in intention he is \nthe same as they were\, and he says: ‘It was well with me in Egypt’. \nI fear that there will be found as many such people as we read there were \nmultitudes of sinners in the time of Moses. For although six hundred and three \nthousand armed men were said to have left Egypt\, no more than two of these \nentered the promised land. Hence we must strive to take our models of virtue \nfrom the few and far between\, since\, according to that figure of speech in the \nGospel\, many are said to be called but few are said to be chosen. Bodily \nrenunciation and removal from Egypt\, as it were\, will be of no value to us\, \ntherefore\, if we have been unable to obtain at the same time the renunciation \nof heart which is more sublime and more beneficial.
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