Thursday, November 13 : Blessed Guerric of Igny

“We are waiting for the Savior,” (Latin liturgy; cf. Phil 3:20). Such waiting is truly a joy to the righteous, who are waiting for “the hope of blessedness, the glorious coming of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Tit 2:13). “What am I waiting for,” a righteous man may ask, “but the Lord?” (Ps 39[38]:8). “I know,” he says, turning towards him, “that you will not disappoint me after such a wait as mine (Ps 119[118]:116). Already my being is with you; for our nature, taken from amongst us and offered on our behalf, is glorified with you. This gives us hope; for all flesh will come to you (Ps 65[64]:3)” (…) But a man can wait for the Lord the more trustfully if his conscience is so at rest as to let him say: “Every smallest possession of mine, Lord, is entirely yours, for ‘I have treasured up in heaven’ (Mt 6:20) all my powers, either by giving them to you or by renouncing them for you. At your feet I have laid down all that is mine, knowing you will (…) restore it to me multiplied a hundred-fold and add to it eternal life” (Mk 10:30). How blessed are you, poor in spirit (Mt 5:3) (…): “For,” the Lord says, “where your treasure is there your heart is also” (Mt 6:21). Let your hearts go then, let them go after their treasures; let your attention be fixed on high and your expectancy hang upon the Lord, so that you can justly say with the apostle Paul: “Our abiding place is in heaven, from where we are expecting the Savior to come” (Phil 3:20).

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