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Father*-throu-eh
thc
'door'
ol thcr
Eucharist:
n tl ie stablc ol Bcthlchcrn
let
us
adore he
same
-oru1,
onl
of
the
r,vomb
f Mary. Who, nrakirrg -l imself
present,
herc
rncl now. in
th e
Euchanstic Sacramcnt. vantcd to
bc-
rrorre
our spiritual tbod
tci
traustbrrn
the u'orld
frorn
u,ithin.
starling
rvith
the
human
heart."
.lcsus hose
o
nrake
Himself bread
lbr us: I{e is tlrc livirig
tsread
r,vhich
carnc dorvn
frorn
Heaven. FIe
left
l-{is
L lcavcnly drve l ing
place
to
bccome lnarl,
and
by His clealh
anri
resurrectrcltt,
LJ.:
I l \-
made Himscl l Eu-
charistic bread t0
transfbuit us into
Him. But
"Nio
L)ne
ats
this
flesh without first
adoring
t...q'e
wouicl
sin
if
we
did
nrrt adorc It. admonish-
es St. Augustine. This
"super
substan-
tial" frod is
"the
food
of the
great,"
adviscs hc
Saint
of
Hippo.
"Grow
an d
you
shall t-ced n mc; and t is
not
rvou
r.vho
will transbnn Mc into
1'ou,
but
you
rvili
bc
transfonilcd into
1,1c."St .
.lohn
Chrysostom,
n
no
le-ssouching
rvclrds
vritcs:
"Jcsus
n
the h,ucliarist
seclns o
say
o us:
Eat
mc.
drink me
lbclay
once again I dcscend
upon
the
eah fbr,r'ou.
I am eaten,brol
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"Af ler
havins
bcen l i runr l
in t l re
temple o[t . f
n-rsalenr,
Jesus
nrr( l ( -l le retr .r rn
our-
ne) '
to Nazrreth.
hurnble"
doci le
as
bef
re,
e-enter ing
into
hidclenriess
for
man\:
fi ,
H
lears
ot '
n 'ork hesidc
-f
seph
i
ancl
l ,lar1;aluavs
'suhject
to
f,
thcrn 'au,a i l in . t l re t inrc
l t t . : I
I
. ' t i ' '
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(]rca
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Birth
ha[
1
rr\v
n
end
Carth
ad
cYe.
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r t l
t l t t ' t ' t t ' tntt l , \ ' t t t i t t l
t l t , , l
, t t l t , ' t ' t
i t f
i t , ' i t t .r '
l t t t t t , t t t t 'r ' t l
i t t tol
glO-
r i l iad
l . i '
t t l l
t
t ' t ' t t t i tn,
in
i l t , ' t , .rr11; lt
\
t t l
t t t t i \ t '
tntt l
t s
Il
l t , t l , t : ; ' ( ' i t l t ' t
tnt lt '\ ' : :1,
lI
'
(
t t it lt t t .
Il
t t ,
uv in;4
hr
I t t i t t ' : l
tt
/ l t
lt t tntt t t t
l la , th.
i i l t ' .
ltu.:
lcuyen
und
ttu't l
( t t ' t 'L( )u l i ' tn t i i t t r , i l
l l t , tu
&)t itc {I
(t '(ult'(,
i t t l l t t : t t ,otth
ol
i;
l tunt l l t I
i t tn
t l t ' iguet l
lt t
ly
t t t 't t t l
I I t 'r
t() \(n'(, t lr 't 'r tr lil, '
n
all
c i ty 's and
at
al l
t i rncs,
t lear ly
belovcd.
docs
thrr
birrh
of our
l-rlltl
arrd
Saviour lom
thc Virein
Vlcrthcr
ccur
to the thoughts
of the liaitlitirl.
rvho
meditate
L)n divinc
things.
that
ti ie
rninci nay'trc
arousr'd
o
the rcknovi'-
ledgrncnt
if its
fuikcr.
ancl ,hethel
i1
bc
clcc,upiccln the
groaiis
of
surplicir-
tion.
or in
the shouting
f
praise.
lr
in
thc oflf-erins
l- saclificc. nray enrpior,
i ts
spiri tual
nsight
on norl i ins
more
licqucntlv
and
nrorc rustingl_1,'
han
ot
thc fact
hat tbc
Son
ol 'God,
trcgottcn
of
thc c:o*glaannt
rther.vas
alsrtbon
by
o human binh.
But
this Nativir,v
u'hicrh
s
to
tre adored
n
llcaven
aritl
on
crrth
s suggested
o
us
by ntt
rlay
norc
than
this r 'her.
lvi th
tlrc
carlv
l ight
sti l l
sheciding"
ts
rays
on nttui:e.
tl icrc is
trorrie
n uporr
out
scr)scshc
Itrieliinc:ss
l'
this
r.r,'ondrqtrrs
1'stci:r.
6
-
.9tr ,
( .)
lr* ,
u', . t , /-or,/ , , / r , ' t
, , , ,
- j i , .r . ' , .r l1i l t ,- . i
F
ot ' l rc \nge
(
l l r | ic l 's
( :( ) l t \
rse
r, i th
thc astonishcr l\1arv
l r r l l l r l
conccp-
t ion
bv
thc I lo lv
Sr i r i t rs
, i .ondrously
promised
as bel icvcd.sccnl
to recur
not
orrlv o thc mrnlr'y
brrl o thc r,'ery
eyes.
For tldal 'thc
Mnkcr
ot'the
i 'orld
rvas
rorn of
a
\irgin's
wonrb.
and
Hc.
Who
nacle:
il
natrlres.
ccalnc
Srxro '
She. \\honr
l{e cir-:rtcci.i''tlar, thc
Word
of Gocl
appcarcd
ciothed
in
flesh.
ancl
-hat
which had
nevcr bccn
visiblc to humancyesbcgan clbc tan-
gib le to
our
hal ldsas
rvcl l .
[oday
th c
shepherds
carned
l'ornAngels' voiccs
that thc
Saviour
ua-r
on-l n thc
suh-
stance
of our
flcsli anclsoul:
and oda_v
the
funn
of
thc
Gospcl tressase \\/rs
prc-arrangetl
by thc lcaders
of the
Lord' f'lctcks.
o that we t r)o nrav
say
rvith
the ann\,
of flrr:
ht--ar
nlv
lrost:
"(i lor-y
n tle highcst o
(iod.
and on
crrth
caL-r-
0
rcn
ol
grlori
i ' i l l "
(L k
l. I 4 \
:r
Aithough,
thcretbre.
that inl'anc,.
wirich
the
majcsty
of God's
Son
clicl ot
rlisilain.
reachcd
mature
rlanhoorl
b1,
the
grovrth
of years
and.
il hcn thc tri-
umph
of l-lis
passion
rnd csurrcction
was completcd.
all the actions of
hu-
militv
rvhich were
undcrlalh
ct, a t't7in.
pil l
n,n-
c"' i reani : / i ret, i rthtoi tttnu,hou't ' l / l tnnnu'r)
tt tnrtnut '(. Is7:14), 'r, 'h ic / t t t l (enr
'(),)
a' 3
r.r"'
(X'Lt
1:23).
O
wonclerful happening: a
virgin
becomes l
mo-
ther-, emainine a vir{in Consider this nero' order of natlue. With resarc]
to
otherr
\\'onlen, if
one
remains
a virgin, she cerlainlv cannot
l-ecome
a
mother:
once she has becom* a mothet
she no
longer
possesses
virgini 'y.
In
this case, nstead,
both
quatities
are
atiributed
to the
very
same person:
at the same time, i
fact,
She is
mother antl
virgin. \rgiri i tv has not
im-
perled giving
birth
and, on the other hand,
the birth has not
deprived
of
virginiV.
It
was
fitting,
in
fact, that He \\ho made
FIis
entrance into
hu -
rnan
life fbr
the salvation of'mankind...,
should
receive
}{is
oriein fi 'om
an
absolute integrity
declicrtecl
o Him without reser\/e.
()
rt
rt
ry of' Nt,trt t
Decr:mber
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i
i t
l i t r ' , \ t t ' t t i l
Lt itr ; ir 'htt t
l i t lv ; l , l t t l l t t ' t '( ' l t ' t l t
'( \ '(eIs
trs., t ih v, 'hut
s t i t i lc t? l . t
i l i ' t Lt ' t ' ' t ' ' : \.1 i . . i , / (Jl . t , - ' . l t l l l t ' t I t l . . s( l t ' t , . , ' i l tt l t . t l t , rkl t t ' t ' l t . t l t l1t ' rhecl iy ineIn.l i t t t i
/u
, \ ' t t t 'c '
t ," ' jt lt tlutt .
jr t .r , ',
t 't t t it t tdc
tt t l / t t t , . t ltc, t 'a rt ' t / t t , f i i i t r l r nt ' ipul iner io ' t l i . s-
t
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( ' r l l t tc lcs
t i t '
th is
l to lv
Scrson..r tr -1
v,.l tluvi l l
f lnd
thc
itl ,o sr-nti l i .tct-l t:,
d-
rnir 'rbl l ,
r lcndcd:
1-ler
lccp
revcrcncc
1or lcr
fiod.
and -{crglad
oy
at
}{is
l i i r lh .
. lovl
d ic l not
thc
verv
Angcls
c()i l tc
clou'n
and urqs
{cr
to i t ' l
Sh c
thcl 'r:furr:
tudics
o
iruitatr-
l i r: bl i thc
Shcplrclrir,.
i ,r
ir
r'ur
l ix'
- io."
to
l lc th l tr i lcrr r
Lk
2:
6).
ant l
thc
qlacj
Vlagi .
t i ' l lo
\ \ 'crc
rr
c l i - r r ig l r tu l
of '
t l tcntscl \
s
\
t l r
lc l ig l r l r rcrr .
n
( lu t l -
l in i l l t ' -usl lc | l l .
l l r .t l i r
tg t t i l l
t r re
rr ' ;c l
: r r rd r -d
hcnt
to lhc
( 'ar ,c
nhr, t ' t ,
l t t ,
t hi l i l r i ' .s\f r l :10).
( 'orne.
hcn,
a i th l i l
Chi ldrcn
f ' rhc
('hurch.
ct
us akc
our
sharc
n
Her
or,
l 'his
i .s
or
hc
sctson
rrrsighing
or
l i ,r
'nvccping.
''orurrto
us
e Chlld
is
born
(Is
9:6). lc
tirr
\ 'hol lr u'c
hivc
een
o
long
',l,aiting
s
cr)ntctand Ic is
cornc
fo
tl ,.t ' t ' l l
i l totrg
r'(.f
l :1-l).
Great.
n-
tleed,
und
long \\/ls
rlr
ruspcrlsciSr )
tnuch
hc ntorr.
ct
us
klvc
ciurp{Jssoss-
ing Il i rn.
-i 'he
dav r.t,i l l
oo
soon
corte
whcn
his
Child.
lotL'
ctrn
o s, i l l
be
t.hc
{un
tf'Sorrrn+is.
and then
rr'e vill
rrolllpassionate
im;
but at
prssent
|,t,c
rr-rust
cjoice
and
be
glad
at
Fiis
corning
and sing
round
His Crib
rvith
th e
:\lgcls.
Hcavcn sends
Lrsa
prcsent
of
its
or,vn
oy':
we
need
o_v,
nti
forty
days
rre
not
too man,v
tlr r"lso get t u,ell n-
trJ
our
hearts.
fhe
Scripture
ells
us hat
,seLure
nind
is like
a continual
lbast
(Prulv
15:16),
and
a
securc l tind
ca n
only
be
whcre
hcre s
peacc:
norv t
is
Peacc
which
thcse
blessed
days
bring
to
thc
eurth;
Pcuce,
sny
thc
Argcls,
to
nten
oJ'grlocl
v'ill
Gnsrrntmr:
Intimatcly
and inserarabl.r'
nited
vl
tii
tliis
r-\cluisjtc
n'r,sticii
jt,.v,
.s hc
s\ ' r ) l l iue i t i
l
l r l l t t r t i i ' .
i r t t t i t r i i lc
s
i l l -
t le ,- :r
l r ru
o l l rnr
\ \ l r t r .
r rc i ther
dc -
tcn-cd h_l '
) r . t t '
n t \ ' ,
t l l t i le
s
nor
rc -
stt 'a incclri
thc
in l i r r i g
g:pc\: t
.h ic i i
bc-c:omcs
His
s()\rct'cign
\,{ajcst-i ,.
dcigncd
tl
l- 'c
ri l i r l
,.rf
Iis on'n
(:rca-
ture.
and
hai,r-
a
stahl ir bi
His
hirti l -
p lacrc.
l i l
herrv
cl r r :r lcnt ly
nust Jc
not
havc
icsircd
r>
ldvancc
hc
work
o1'(rur
alvaticl l i .
o
rcmovc
evervthi l tg
which
cor id
rnakc
us afra ic lof
ar-
l l roucl r inu
l inr .
and
to
cncouragc
s.
hr.'
l is
{)\\,n
\{lmple,
t-r clLrn.
1, he
pJt l r ) l 'hurr i i l i t - r ' .o thc leavcr i l ,eha d
st.ra"'c-tl
ront
[rt,
pricic
Gritc'ul l .v.
herctbre.
ct
us rcccive
thc
precious i ft;
this
IJir
ne-
Jabc.
ur
Dclivererr.
Hc
is
tlrc
Oni,-l3egottcn
Strn
of'thc
;athcr. hat
jathcrn'ho
huth
sr
,t,,:rl
ht,
v,orltl
o,t
tr
git,e:
his
onl.t,
Srn
. ln
i:
I
.
I c.
the Strn.
unre*
sclvct l l l
ra t i f lcs
l is
i -at l icr 's
v i l i ,
ancl
conrcs
o rrl l i r
f{ inisel l '
bat:uu,se
t
. ;
iti.s
ott,tt
u,i//.
ftlr,i '.as
thc Apostlc
cr -
prcsscs
t,
hath
not
the
Futher
v,ith
hnz
git,en
us'
all
tliings?
(Rm
8:32). O
gift
incstirnable
Ilow
shall
wc be ablc
to repay
it
bi..
suitablc
gratitLuic,
we
u'ho
areso
poor
oS
lt)t
o k-nou,' ow
to
appreciatc
it ' l
God
alonc"
ancl
th c
Divinc
In{irnt
in
His
Cnb, ltnorr the
valuc of tlrc m1.'stcry'f Bethlehenr.
which
is
givcn
t0 Lls.
Lovn
Shall our
dcbt. hcn.
never
be
paid?
]rlot
so: \,ve
au
pay
it
by
lovc. which.
though
finite, givcs
itsclf'
rvi thout
nleasu[c.
and
ma.v
gr(]w
forcver
in
in-
tcnsity.For his easr)n.
lrc
Clhrrch.
l-
ter
She
has
offbrecl
le'r
adol'rtions
uld
in,nln*
ancl
gratitudc^
to llcr
Infant
Savioir. i r,cs
l i l rL
also
-lcr
cndc'rcsi
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m.\ 's terv of 'rh" lncrrnrt iorr
fr
lodl
Erernal
rnvsterv l . . .
l.
FJo." ' s
it
x.rss i l . , le
i r-
the
Wor, l
t t>
re
suir.st :u.rt irl l . r,n the f lesh rs
per-
son an, l at the
srnlc
i rnc,
s l i l i
rs
r
)r 'r 'son
rl rt l
srrl rs tant ial l r ' ,
o
l re
r.vhol-
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the
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a
ra
u
ra
U
thc
hrst
Clir-istrnas
Dair
llc
began
o
live in
our nridst;
he
tlucirarist perpetuates
-lis pres-
encc.
At
Rcthlchcm,
he
Word
,vas
rnadc
flcsh:
in the
Sacramcnt
He
is made
bread n
order
o
give
us
I
is
flcsh
without
stirring
anir
ccl-
ing
of
repu{rnanec
r l r rs.
At
l le thL:hcrrr
lc a lso
l icg i ru
pf i rc: t ic ing
hc vi r tucs
l ' l
l i s
surrra
mental
tatc.
le
conc:ctr lcdI is
cl i -
v in i ty
in
ordcr o f iun i l iar izc
ra n
rvi th
Cod. I Ic v 'cr lcd
I is d iv ine
giory
as a
l-lrst
stcp ro
the
veiling
of His hurnanity. Hc bound Flis
porver
n the wcakness
l-a
child's
body;
latcr
He
i,voulcl
ind
it
be -
ncath
he
Sacred
specics.
He
rvas
poor;
i{c
stripped
Hirnself
o1-
evcrv
posses-
sicin;
-.Ic,
hc
L't'cator
and
Sovcrcign
lVlastcr
tl{' all
things.
' l 'hc
sta-
ble
rvas
not
liis
o\,vn;
charit-v
ct
Il i rn
have
th c
use of
i t .
I - {e
l ived
wi th
l l is
l\{other
cin thc
of -
ferings
of
the
shcpherds
and
the
gitts
of
thc
Magi:
later n
LheEucharist.Hc rvould ask rnan
lbr
a shcl tcr
b l ' I { i ruscl f^
he
nat-
ter
fot
l'lis Sacrarncnt.
estrncnts
lbr
His
priest
and
-l isaltar.
This
s
l iolv
Bethlcl ie r
hcralds
th c
I;,uchal'ist.
We
cvt'n flnd
tlicrc
the naugu-
ration
of l lucharisric
vorshi:
n
its
chiei'
fon-n,
acLlntior-r.
r,lary
and .ioseph
u,ere
hc llrst
adorcrs
of
the
Worrl
Incarnatc.
l
hcv
be-
liei,'ccl
innly;
lheir
fith lvas
thcir.
viue:
Beatu,
quue
credid,st
"Bles:ecl
re
voLt
hat
hc,,e
belet,ed."
They adored
-Iirn
by thc
vir-rue
f
their
f-aith.
hc
shepht:rds
nd
lic Nlagi
also
adorc-d
Hirn in
union rvith
h,fary
an d
Joscph.
lliuy
was
entircly
ilevotcd to
thc scn'ice
of Her
Son.
She
u'as
all in-
lcnl
on I
is
service,
anticipating
Hi s
lcrstvishe's
ri
sarisfl ,them.
'he
hep-
hcrtls ol-fclcd
hcir plain
rnd
irnple
rrcsents.
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r)
F1-r
L)
--,
f/
fl
F-
z
(f)
q:al l
rrtobeii ig thc l iotiv
and
Blootl
cf
Our
Lord .lcsus
Ciirisl ."
Tlrc
Chur"ch{ersel l ' teachcs
s th;l t hc
lriith of
('hrist
is c]'cctcd
]ne\r rlter
r
spiri trrir lmanrler n
thc
N{ass.
br
Sh e
rl irces
hc se f:salnc
song of
praise
ot t
our l ip"
rvhich thc Anqcls sang
or l
(
lu' istnrls
nrol l :
" '( i lon,to
Gol n lhv
Iti.ght'.:t.
-1rtl
t
ctu'th
pe(K:(
o men of
goot{
rr i / i '
(L l
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l) \
; , l lHt
, i :{ tM.,1s
.cirT[t{ ,{
T"ot. l ,E
'
{,
-lgt,'ll
'a
Pll
.,/
-_
{'ard.
Ila.fhel
llrrry
lI
Yal
Final Parr
inajestic.
e appcarr.cl
n
tilc Vaticalt
Basilici.
c c.rcrrcis.;d
har
supcma-
turai
charrn
rvhich
haci the
irrc.-
sist ibie brcc
of 'raising
ntinds o
Cod.
His recollection
nd
pcrfi-:ction
tiuring
he
ccrcmonics
asthirn be-
yond
time.
so
much
so that-alier
havingobscnccl
irn
attcntivel-vur -
ing
thc
sacred
Synaxis--a
distin-
guishecl
nan
was
hcard o
say:
"J t
secrns
o
mc that that
mitrc is
no t
placed
il
thc hcad
of
a rnan.but on
thc hcaci
f
a
statuc."
But
to thc supematural
ealrty
-rf'
his pcrson, he Clarcljnal cidc,J n-
cornmon
if ls
tf
ntel lect
nd
acl lnin-
istrat ion.
leamedDominican
id
not liesitatc
o
givc
liis testiurony:
"The
C'ardinalkneu,
in clepth he
most
compiex
uestions
nd hc vcry
gra 'e
political.
'eligious
ncl
social
problems
f thc
intemational
orlci.
Thcolog,,
acrcdScripftlrcs,
hiio-
sophv.
History,Apok,rgetics,
ocio-
Iogv
and
l)iplomacy
\\ierc
all his
fieicl,"
\
coLrsiu
of
thc:
Carclinal.vho
kngv
liinr
lvel l .
asserted hat
"i i
rvas enoush
{br
him
to
givc
a
quick
glancc
ol '
flte e5'g o
grasp
atid
pctt-
ctratc hc
u-sscllccf
thc
lrlLlst
comnlex
of'
qrics-
tions."
Onc of thc
rnost
farlou
s
A
ncrican
writcrs
of
that
tirne--Miciracl
Wi
an-l
--
rec
oun n
g
one of his i , isi ts o th e
Secrctarv
i'State of' St.
Pius
X"
ivas
ablc o say':
"Whiist
the
Cardinal
sroke. hearcl
he
(lhurch
spcak."
Btt
t"'hat
rerniinsllrmortal
rc-
garding
he
Secretar.rlf Stateof
St .
Pius
X.
is
thc fan'rc
f
his hoiincss
n'hich w'as
eslablishcd n
thc
vcry
da)'
of
his
death.
rvhen
a IJishop
r.vrote:
His
lrlcrlory
r",i11ive on in
blessings"
ut
above
al l
in thc hol i-
trcss
of his virtues."From that nro-
ment. hosc
giving testimonr,'
o the
ht-rlincss
f thc
Clrrtlinalnultiplied
to
the
poittt
hat
a
unanimous
hoir
of voiccs
u,as
aisecl p thror.lghttut
rhe
whole world.
askins
for
hi s
cancrnisation.His faineof holincss
has
rlevcr decrcased
mongst he
pcropic-rvrote
the
Spanish
Epi-
scopate
to the
I{o);
Father in
1932-*,
but
especialiy
amongst he
clerg,ri.
n'ho
ook
upon
him
as
a holy
priest,
worthy
of
being
aisccl
o
the
altars."
The
Proccss
Februan' 953.
aftcr
his
death.
i.r,as tarted on
?6'n
trvcnty-thrcc
yeari;
V
{)
',/rorr,y'/nlir,
-
ll
THE
LIFE
AI{D
THOUGHTS
OF ?)r,,.(1.
Secre
nrv
of
Stnte
f
St.
pius
X
qr;/
7\e
fame
oJ'cardinal
'l,let'n'
del tr"ut.v
xrines.s
p,ctrt
rapidll,
rhrutuglrcut
lte
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of
(I.nrlrtntl
^fitrrrg
brl
p.vt
y
God,my
Father
nd
my
AlI, he Beginning
nd
theFnd
of
my existence;
the most bject nwretchedf allTlrycreatures, prostrate
myself efore
the
grcat
Lhrone .f
rW
inffible
Mqiesty;
worship
Thee
nd bless
hee
wrh
dll tlte
J'aculties
f nry soul
and
body.
I
believt
n Thee,
L)
'fruth
subsisting
n Titysetf
and essena|;
hope n
Thee,
o
ornrtipotcntMercy;
loveThee
o
inf:hre
Gttotlnes.s
nd Beauty.
In
the sght
o.f flr\t
gavrrrrc
othingrcs.i,
t.sr,cch
ht
helpt .f
Thlt
mercif.tl power,
he
assistancc
ndpr'tttcf
orr
rf
L'lary,
-lq,
4r71tr't
utd
minr.,
nil thtt
oJ'
aII
ht
AngeLs
nd
Sa',nts
njo;*ingTh^
rcwnce
that
I ntty
be abk to
thank
The iu(rr?lc
wav
J-or
he
gtfts
and.
Javours
Thouhast lagted
to
grant
me n Thy
poweful
goodness
Jron
thc
firsr
mo-
tneflt
oJ- rry exstence
o
thc
presrt
hour;
for
hang
seen
i:t
n rhink
oJ'
me,mLserdble
wori?L
f
tls earth,
f
om
ell
eternity;
Jbr
havingfreew
decreed
my
existcnce
n preference
to
so tiLnv ther
possible
hhrys;
and
e.special\
for
hating granted
me
another hy in
which
to loveand
serve
Thte.
I
am on thLsmrth.i-or
rhe sole
urpo-re
f'
sewing
Thee,
O *y
Goil, and .savng
mt,
soul' And oll
other
hhtgs,
reat
ot'
small,
witl'-ittor
aroundnte,
mu^st
isappear
ntibc
u if
thev
di,l not cxlst
.o
tt1,
yes,
ftttrn
the
tLotrlrt
which Lhey ease o bc-forme thitt
.for
u,hicit
Yott
twe
created hem
o
he,
rhat is, he
meayx
o
a
great nvl.
I desire
nd
Jirnlv
resolve
oday
o use ll created
lngs n such
e wry
anrl
only
t
sa
far
as
they
help nrc
o
attaht
to
nqt nrd,
to havea dispostion
of
hoty
ndifference
e-
garding
that
whch
depends
WotL
nry
free
choice nd
tou,ardswhich
I
am
not
bouncl
by
any
obligation.
am
ready
o
dccept
ndiferentry
fro*
Tlq,l1at
and in
the
uay
which
is
plea:ing o Thee
henlth
or
sckness,
icires
r powrty,
honotr
or dLhonour,
longhfe
or a shorL
ne,
dnd thus
tt
all
otlrcr
tltings,
choosing
onh,wltdt
s
mostconformed o
l'lryt
Glory,
which
i:
nry
finol
aim.
Grant
hat nw
inLelkct, t\t
r1117rrrrrr
fi ft+t
f-er
wil
mw be
Thfue
-fbrever
22
-
-\i
9))a,
{-,nin.,z/z/.u
Der,ernber
:1012
I Cttn:;en't i Cyri'1'furt t
o-f
nry hCTft,
(y:ry
bfeAth,
tt-t jtv,cTd,
f lnd
e\ilfV f ii, t1r)(yf l11
qi nry,.soulnd
iro,/1'ro
I'hrc,
t:r.'
o,l,
v,ith the sole
esirt o.i'singtng,
witit evert
_facal
tv
I'liottc, \onglnnnn
.i praise o Thrc,
ln'nrt
of expiatiL'mflr nvsirrs
nti of llrrrls-
.Er.'rrrg.br
'lw gracti tnl rerre/irs.
i
reel
The,O rw
Jexts,
as
nLT
tnnitJ
King
arrd Sdt,iour,
nd
set r4rseif,herefort.
uni.Ier
lw stitndard, eadt,
"t
-foiLow
hcc
i'hytver Thou
n4lt.
rtllnrc.
And f
Thou at"t
so
goorl
us o callme tc
itti.tatt'f'lcc
l.,r't'clo.scil
uul
ntintott:itt
tovertT',l"twniliatiott
and su.1fenng.,.)
nt
r;l \,,,lcrtr--/rsrr.';l rf,
'r:ci tust'
i
hv srn'rl l tI
teurctl i , ut
a^Esist
e
in nry
'i 'ckl icss,
I
;Icsira
rr o1,r'
/-ittr'
.rrr
mu(h,
n^t
\larr:".,
ntl
base
nt,tseif ontttch
ht
ht*nlity atid
obedimce efittr:
f'nrt.
Jrri. t) trcfer ot onlverey eri.l, ncluding leath, o tnortal or
vcniai
sn,
but
to
prtli 'r'thrf
tr.rs n,l
sttffing
ai-stt
n
the ct.sci
n
x,lch'Tlw
glory
and
h rrnour
'c
kt '
i-
. rr '
J .r?'r
) rf ' r i .
I defe$ t tn, l
\ , t ' t ' | ,
r\ r '1.Dlv
ir. . ;
rr, /
l rrgl i c trc. 's ,
4chl ik t
nlntge
ntc,untaht iseu? i
beforc
nri, ru'ttl
vltich
I
rrppo.sc
t,tit
the
Psstcttt J-
ntv Lord.
I
rrrccp
)11'r-
hc.sirrs
ri,J iniquties of tfu: witti le:ro.rld,
especol ovel'the
sactileges
cntl
ind|ft-erence
which rs sho1r,'l1o
'fht:e
in
LIw
McrsBlessed
Sacran"ient
-fTlry
ovc. tlesireo mrike
rti'ator
attil
cxlsi-
ation.for
all
tlrcse.fiaits.
tlesire o lit,e
s'prntualil,
t;iLhin tte
tabutncle
n'ith Thee,
o r'islf Thte
,:tnilit'trc
Thec
and recewe'flrce pirirrrcliy
,hcrcver'fhou trt
pres-
ent unct tlw
sacrontatal,,,cil nil tlrcre,
r te
bot
of Thy Euchtn.sti;hrttne,
o live and
de.
I
besee;h
hee
-l'tr
hc
propagatittn
-f hc r-dith,
for
the
cotn'cr.siotr
_fEngl.antl nd of
tlrc
world.
I
pra1,
a
Thee
fr'
lic Churchancl
for
Tlw
Victr; br tht Princesrrrl trilo's; for thc
ytntth and
.for
the agcd;
or
Priesrs
and religous;
-or
he
intentios n-
trusted
o m,e
-for
,,". .;Jlr
f
te
scrtls
iit Purgatorv.
OJcsrrs.
low
Thee, loveThee
anil
desire o iove
Thec
orever.
L7&rJ,mry 7n16culnte
ncl
sor-
rowfr \lother,
esli.
me
rr./:sus.
Mj,
Guardian
,4ngel
an d
Prrs"r
alrlS,
ra'rtor
nrc.
7' ;/
'r ?
\
j,
r l l ( ' r / / / t l /U l t
t(f
'
'
,)
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l'braphic
f
ightt
Sl. Cmill Bitt t istu
t itr
: lrano
The
Imtellecir
Enlightemecl
by
Seraphic
Love
Final
Part
Tlte
srrul
v'hch,
in
purift'irtg
it,se//'ttntes
it.cellever
more to
(joc/,
hears
ht,o unmi.stuk-
able,rign-r
tLl 'ttctiott
'the
divine
Spouse;
un artleilt
ontl
pw'e
zeul.l 'or
thc salt,uion
ol
scntls ncl
sitcere
t'onlempt
a./'itsel-f.n
itr:t,
the
more
the
-srul
dvanc'es
n
its unon u:ith
God,
fi'eengit.self.fittrn
se$ishness,
the
n'tore
God.fitt,s
t t+,th
:Iims'eff)
kut
is, w,ith cli*
vine
c'lutrity',sittc:r'
Grxi
is love
und he v'htt remuitt.s
tt
tn'e retnuin.s
n
GorJand
(iod
in
him.
"
' I 'RI.:r l i t . t t-
() ' \
l l t . iR
1 {t :
t .U:1R'f
i rrcc
'hrist
:aute
t i lcl .v
to
savc
hc
lrst.
hcre-
tbrc
it is
nccessary
br
the
oncwho s
united
o
Him
to bc concerncd
about thc
salvation
of his neighbour.
This
is
thc meaning
of
thc Canticlc:
"Conte
m1:
st'n,
let
us
go
lo the.fields,'
we
,,;,ill
see
i.f'lhe
yines
ure butltling:
w,e v,i
,^pend
the night
in
tke t,il-
lages; there [ shall give vou rhe gli of-
i ' / iyr :"(Ct
:11.12);
hat s,
ct
us
go
ottt, ttty
beloved,
o
savc souls.
Come
It help
ftte
ftt ga.in
thcm, he.r:ause
withoul
You we
cun hut,e no
victorl'
(Cfr.
Jn
15:5).
We
are to have
ardenr
courpassion
ancl
concr:t br
thc
iniq-
uities
of
our neighbour.
wil l givc
ro
you
my
breasts
so that yoLt llitlr
snck-
le;
I wi l l
olfcr
to
you
the
rni lk
of'my
good
counsel
and of
the
exarnples
,
24
*
.9n,
5*)
*,
Y-
'r
,
,,
.,,r',|
t,,,,
- ll
e.tr-ntb
r
givcn
by mc [o
ln\i
neighbour,
,vhite
and
u,ithout
the rnark
of concupis-
cei lcc. rvl l l
sive
to
you
rxy l i tb lbr
his
salvation
and wil l
considcr rhe
sils of rn;
neighbour
as my
orvn,
us t
as thc Apostlcr
Paul
did
rvhcn he
srid:
"[4''hu
i.y
,^,,ectk,
nrl
I
utn
uo xettk|'
tr'Yho
:; ttatr:
o
fitll,
ttnd
I otn
rot
it-
dignant'|"
(Cor
I:29).
O
r.'eracious
hcafl.
o
heart ardent
with tlic c-harityof God This zcal is
bom of thc.
oly divine
kiss:
"1
oill
tek-
c'n up wilh
z,cl
or 1,our
house"
(Jn
2:7
Ps
68:
0),
that
s,
rvith
zcal
or rhe
house
vhich
s
the
soul o1'each
one
of
my ncighbours,
n which
God dwells
rnorc r';orthil;
thail
in
the
ternplc.
Evcry
faithful
Christian
is a
church. thc
altar of rvhich
is
the
he.art
anci
(-.hrist
hc
pricst
If r.r,c onsitlcr
hor.v,
or
love
of-this
soul. He was
cov*
: l { r l :
crccl
r,r' h
ri'
oi-ncl.
ricsrscd, cro
l
t.t t1
rvith lrort-..and
ri ict orl the
cross,
,r 'c
r.vi l i
ui lderstal tl
cn'
ucl l
horr
de-ar
th is c l iurch
s to FI inr .
F tr l lou ing l tc:h
cctrsideratir lr i .
t lso
i c sltrrultJ
ccol lru
as enamourcd.
icsirotts
tl l t l
cttncetrcd
fo l
h is
saivat io tr .
t.
i i l r
t i t t
o tr t t .
o
sowct '
o f 'a l I chaslc
ort ' .
I
r - t i rc
' i r t r
my
poor
soi i l
u 'h ic l i . h l t l tks
o \ i r i i . i:
w 'hol l riqucl icd
tl
r r t l i r i ' r r t r , c igh-
bour.
rn'hosc
aivati ttl l
i ru
ittl such
great thirst
iilr
tltl
the
rt'ood
crf
thc:
cross
(C[r .
Jn
l9:28).
Now
I knorv
\bur
goodncss
and
ultderstand
tliat
the sw'cctestaffection I am able
to
give
o You
is o dcsire
hc
salvation
f
my neighbour.,..O
blessed
oul,
'n'hir
due
to
such
zcal. bccrtlnc'
i l r
( ioci
l
hr.xcyconib
anclsr-r
',r'cct
r
l inc
((
li
Ct. 5 :1) l
This
is
the
grcat
sor lgo{ ' th tr
v,olTlan
whcl appcared
n
the sk)'
clothed
with
the
sun
(Apr
12f0, that
s,
of divinc
love.
and beneath
hcr
fcet
there
rvas
he
filoon,
rvhich
is the
lu -
cidit-v
and su'cctncss
l'thc
r,i'ortis
lli 'l
u'orks direc,tcd
o our
neighbour. Shc
had
Lrpon cr
hcrd
a crown
of trvelvc
stars.
vhich s thc
contittuous
glatrcc:
cf' the
soul
at lhc
l lvclve
articles ol '
faith.
that
arc
hcl cr
ou'tt.
This
womiitl
lias childrcn
ti'om hcr
trtdv.
w'hich
arc
thc works
rn
hich
shc
gavehirth to
u'itl:
tr i-rccharitv and n'i th groans ful l r f
sw'ect
aftbction. bS,
which
hatrcd
tb r
herself ucrcases ay
afier
dal'. is
hc
reurernbers
he
rvord of thc
heavenlv
spousc:
le v:ho hale-s
is
soul
in this
v'ttrld,
v,ill save
il
/br
lile
eternal
(Jn
12:25). . . .
This
hatrecl n i tes
he soul
ivifli
l-iod,.ir"tst
s lhr-
slvcct
Jcsus Lre-
sou-uht
His Fathcr"
saying:
"h{uv
th:v
al l ba
one,
jusl
cts,
ul ler,
, 'oLt
rc
it t
me
ancl
um
in
y()Lt,
o
lhrtl
lhc',''
lso
mcn'
hc in
u,s"
Ji r
7:2
i . l -h is
tatrct l
rs
thc
fiLtrtdr.ti t ln
if
trtrc
iret'fecl iolt.
fl 'onr which.
iu thc
sr,rul
of-
tlic
.ilrst
[ran- clcrivcs
hc
virtr.rc
t'pal icncc.
t
is
a
u'ork
ot-pcrltction,
becrruse
vith-
rrrt
raticncc
no onc
can
rcach
thr:
surnrn i t
r i l -
pcr fcct ion. Thc
etcnla l
\\ 'ortl dcsccndcd
r,r,i l l ingl-v
o
eat'tl r
l i i inr tlrc bosonr
of
the
Father
Ct1-.
rl
l : l - { . lS)
to str ' "v
h is
hatred
anci h is
l"rrticnce:
{c
cnhruced
thcr
and borc:
thcnr
unt i l I l is death., . .
understa l t t l
tot'r veil,
rtry
Lord, that
of
rnvsclf'l aln
nnablc
o have his
selt'-hatrecl.
s Yutl
had i t
w'i thin \burself
as man:
bu t
drau'rnc
b-v
Yonr
gracc to
this
gi l i l i .
si ircc
renre tbe that
o he
rt'hocallcd
Yoi
got-d,
Yott cpl icd
and said
hatuo
onc
\\us
goocl
cxccpt
God alone
]vlk
l0:1,8:
-k l8 :
9) .
O
gooci lesus.
hcrc
is no
dcrubt
hat
thc lttarc
a man
lovcs
\bu.
the
nlclrc
he has
hah"ed
-orhirn-
scll'.
tlehold, nov,r.
,vith
the
hclp
rlf
CocJ.
havc ot-fcrcd
he
r,r'ill ing
ohia-
tion
and
thc
Lord
(lod
ivi l l
give
ai l
thc,vdr:sirc
o ihose
u,ho celebrate
his
rlbl igaton
,vurthi l ,v:
rav
his
ohlation
be
healthl, '
rav
he lrc
ol cl ivine
ov e
lvhich dcvotirs
thc
sacrificc
and the
vic: t im
dcsccnd.
jnst
as
thc
rnatcr ia l
fire
cicsccndccl
l'om
Hcat'ct"l
alld de-
voured he sacrificcof Solotrtrn 2 Cr
7:1),
and
rnay
thc divine
N4a.iestytr
fi l i hc
miud thai
nttthing
else
rna-v-
find a
rlace
hcreitl.
\nd
vori.
fathcr,
who have
not
disdaincd
o lrc
nstrucrt-
ed
b-v
au
uncdut-atsd
wolnan.
n()w
arnend
n-v
-emininc
crhosity,
correct
thc lalse sent{::nccs
nd
retlrovc
cvcly
error
that
yor-r
.rnci.
ince
havc
sirn-
piy
obcyed
yor:r
qucstiorr.
beseech
l,ou
huinbly
to
blcss
mc.
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l.ord has said
that
t lrere
'nul lo
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rc -
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no
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