Wednesday, October 27 : Saint Prosper of Aquitaine

Those who approach God, leaning on him with a desire to be saved, are saved indeed. For it is divine inspiration that enables them to conceive this desire for salvation and they come to knowledge of truth enlightened by him who calls them. They are indeed children of promise, the reward of faith, the spiritual descendants of Abraham, “a chosen race, a holy priesthood” (1 Pt 2:9), foreknown from long ago and predestined for eternal life. (…) Through the mediation of Isaiah, our Lord makes known his grace to us, to make new creatures of us all: “See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers (…) for my chosen people to drink, the people whom I formed for myself that they might announce my praise” And elsewhere: (…) “To me every knee shall bend, by me every tongue shall swear” (Is 43:19 f; 45:23). There is no question but that all this will come to pass, because God’s foreknowledge never fails nor do his plans alter, his will is ever active and his promises cannot be mistaken. Therefore all those to whom these words refer shall be saved. For he sets his laws in their consciences and with his finger he writes them in their hearts (Rom 2:15). They gain access to knowledge of God, not under the influence of human teaching but the guidance of the best of masters: “Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth” (1 Cor 3:7). (…) It is given to them all to have a changed heart and just judgement together with an upright will. God brings fear to birth in these people so that they may be instructed in his commandments. (…) They rejoice in the power of his mercy and all the miracles he has done, for God has chosen them and made them his children, heirs of the new covenant (Jr 31:31).

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