Quote/s of the Day – 17 August – “The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” – St Hyacinth OP (1185-1257) ) Confessor – Sirach 31:8-11, Luke 12:35-40 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Be vigilant at all times and pray
that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man…”
Luke 21:36
“Tell us when shall these things be?
and what shall be the sign of Thy Coming
and of the consummation of the world? ”
Matthew 24:3
“So that our minds might be free of these illusions,
the Word invites us to shake this deep sleep
from the eyes of our soul, so that we might not slip away
from the true realities, by becoming attached
to that which has no consistency.
That is why He suggests that we be watchful when He says:
“Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning …” (Lk 12:35)
For when the light shines before our eyes,
it chases sleep away and, when our loins are held tight by a belt,
they prevent the body from succumbing to it…
The person who has fastened on the belt of temperance
lives in the light of a pure conscience;
the trust of a child illuminates his life like a lamp…
If we live in this way, we will enter a life like that of the Angels!”
St Gregory of Nyssa (c335–c395)
Father of the Church
(Brother of St Basil the Great)
“You also must be ready
because at an hour which you do not expect,
the Son of Man will come.”
Luke 12:40
“We must always be on the lookout for Christ’s
twofold coming, the one, when we shall
have to give an account of everything we have done
and the other, when
He comes, day after day, to stir our consciences.
He comes to us now, in order that His future coming
may find us prepared.
If my conscience is burdened with sin,
what good, will it do me, to know when the
Day of Judgement will be?
Unless the Lord comes to my soul beforehand
and makes His home with me, unless Christ
lives in me and speaks His word in my heart,
it is useless for me to know if and when His coming
will take place. Only if Christ is already living in me
and I in Him, will it go well with me
when He comes in judgement.
If I have already died to the world
and am able to say, “The world is crucified to me
and I to the world,” (Gal 6:14)
then, in a sense, His final coming
is already present to me.”
St Paschasius Radbertus (785–865)
Abbot, Theologian, Father of the Church
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