Sunday, August 27 : Blessed Columba Marmion

God presents himself to us as an object of faith, especially in the person of Jesus Christ. He desires that we believe firmly that the infant born of Mary, the tradesman of Nazareth, the Master disputing with the Pharisees, the man who was crucified on Calvary is truly his Son, his equal, and that we adore him as such. The great work that God has appointed to himself in the economy of salvation is to establish among men faith in the Incarnate Word (cf. Jn 6:29). Nothing can take the place of this faith in Jesus Christ, true God, consubstantial with the Father whose envoy he is. It is the synthesis of all our belief, because Christ is the synthesis of all revelation. (…) The life of the Church presupposes in everything and in all things the adoration of her divine Spouse. In the face of the world which denies him and disowns him, she repeats unceasingly, with Saint Peter: “Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God” (Mt 16:16). This penetrating vision of faith, which pierces the veil of the humanity of Christ and pierces the depth of his divinity, is wanting to many intellects. They see Jesus, they reach him, but like the crowds of Galilee they see only the externals, their approach is superficial that does not transform souls. For others, on the contrary, Jesus is transfigured; grace illuminates their faith in his divinity. For them, Jesus is the sun of justice; he surpasses all the beauties of the earth, and his vision delights their hearts so much that no other attraction can separate them from his love. They can say with Saint Paul: “I am convinced that neither death, nor life… nor any other creature will be able to separate me from the love that God shows us in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rm 8,38). . Such faith truly fixes Jesus Christ in our hearts. It is not a simple adherence of the mind; it involves love, hope, the total consecration of oneself to Christ to live his life, participate in his mysteries, imitate his virtues.

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