Thursday, July 16 : Peter of Celle

Lord, send us the Lamb, for it is the lamb, not the lion, we need (Rv 5,5-6). The lamb that does not grow angry and whose gentleness is never ruffled; the lamb that will give us its wool white as snow to warm what is cold in us and cover what is bare; the lamb that will give us its flesh to eat lest we perish on the way for lack of strength (Jn 6,51; Mt 15,32). Send it full of wisdom for, in its divine prudence, it will overcome the spirit of pride; send it full of might, for it is said that «The Lord is mighty and valiant» (Ps 24[23],8); send it full of gentleness, for «it will descend like dew upon the fleece» (Ps 72[71],6 Vg.); send it like a sacrificial victim, for it is to be sold and sacrificed for our redemption (Mt 26,15; Jn 19,36; Ex 12,46); send it, not to destroy sinners, since it is coming «to call them and not the just» (Mt 9,13); finally, send it «worthy to receive power and honor, worthy to break open the seven seals of the bound scroll» (cf. Rv 4,11; 5,9), namely the inexpressible mystery of the incarnation.

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