Jacob of Sarug (around 449 – 521), Monk and Syrian bishop
Homily on the veil of Moses “Come to the feast”
Women are not so closely united to their husbands as the Church is to the Son of God. What husband other than our Lord ever died for his wife, and what wife ever chose as husband someone crucified? Who has ever given his blood as a present to his wife, other than the one who died on the cross and sealed his bridal union by his wounds? Who have we ever seen dead, lying at the banquet of his wedding, with, beside him, his wife who embraces him to be consoled? At what other feast, at what other banquet, has anyone ever distributed to the guests, under the form of bread, the body of the husband? Death separates wives from their husbands, but here it unites the Spouse to her Beloved. He died on the cross, gave his body for his glorious Spouse, and now, at his table, day after day, she receives him for food … She is nourished by him under the form of the bread which she eats and under the form of the wine which she drinks, so that the world may recognize that they are not anymore two, but only one.
Our families, our spouses: tis easy for us to say we would gladly stop a bullet for our child. How many of us would undergo crucifixion to save our spouse? As humans we hesitate. As humans we are scared.
TODAY
Tis time to plant the collards and cabbages yet the heat continues. If they go into the ground too soon then they will wither. In the meantime we must dig up the summer garden and prep it for early spring planting which happens at the first of February. Planning ahead and living day by day are not mutually exclusive to the mind of the gardener. Both are required to reap a harvest. Tis our Life in Jesus as well.
That's me away to the garden.
Living our faith in plain and humble service to Jesus, Our Lord and Savior ... ORA ET LABORA +++ Sentire cum Ecclesia (to think and to feel with the Church)
Rejoice in hope; endure in affliction; persevere in prayer. Romans 12:12
Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.
St. John Paul II
I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it. (Habeo granum sinapis quod uti non timeo)
Pope Benedict XVI
But I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing, direct murder by the mother herself."
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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