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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Dominic
DESCRIPTION:A reading on the prayer of \nST DOMINIC \n◊◊◊ \nThe holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying\, full of \ndevotion and grace. After the canonical Hours and the grace which is said in \ncommon after meals\, the father would go off quickly on his own to a cell or \nsomewhere\, sober and alert and anointed with a spirit of devotion which he had \ndrawn from the divine words which had been sung in choir or during the meal; \nthere he would sit down to read or pray\, recollecting himself in himself and \nfixing himself in the presence of God. \nSitting there quietly he would open some book before him\, arming \nhimself first with the sign of the cross\, and then he would read. And he would be \nmoved in his mind as delightfully as if he heard the Lord speaking to him. As the \nPsalm says\, “I will hear what the Lord God is saying in me.” It was as if he were \narguing with a friend; at one moment he would appear to be feeling impatient\, \nnodding his head energetically\, then he would seem to be listening quietly\, then \nyou would see him disputing and struggling\, and laughing and weeping all at \nonce\, fixing his gaze\, submitting\, then again speaking quietly and beating his \nbreast. \nIf anyone was inquisitive enough to want to spy on him secretly\, he would \nfind that the holy father Dominic was like Moses\, who went into the innermost \ndesert and saw the burning bush and the Lord speaking and calling to him to \nhumble himself. The man of God had a prophetic way of passing quickly from \nreading to prayer and from meditation to contemplation. \nWhen he was reading like this on his own\, he used to venerate the book \nand bow to it and sometimes kiss it\, particularly if it was a book of the gospels or \nif he was reading the words which Christ had spoken with his own lips. And \nsometimes he used to hide his face and turn it aside\, or he would bury his face in \nhis hands and hide it a little in his scapular. And then he would also become \nanxious and full of yearning\, and he would also rise a little\, respectfully\, and \nbow as if he were thanking some very special person for favors he has bestowed. \nThen\, quite refreshed and at peace in himself\, he would continue reading his \nbook.
URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-st-dominic-4/
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