Tuesday, August 16 : Saint Peter Damian

       We should live detached from our possessions and our own will if we would be followers of him who had “nowhere to rest his head” (Lk 9:58) and who came “not to do his own will but he will of the one who sent him” (Jn 6:38) (…) We already know by experience what the Truth promised to whoever forsakes everything and follows him: “he will receive a hundred times more now (…) and eternal life in the age to come” (Mk 10:30). Indeed, the gift of a hundred times more sustains us on the journey and possession of eternal life will be our joy for ever in our heavenly homeland. But what does this hundred times more mean? Briefly, the consolations of the Spirit, sweet as honey, his visits and his firstfruits. It is the witness of our conscience, the happy and joyful expectation of the righteous; it is the remembrance of God’s overwhelming goodness and, in truth, the greatness of his sweetness. Those who have had experience of these gifts have no need for anyone to tell them about them. And as for those who do not have it, who could describe it in plain words?
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