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Subject: [TAC] Daily Excerpt for November 01 2006
Date: October 31, 2006 08:44 pm

Today's excerpt is from St. Bernard:

"Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all
else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself. We long to
share in the citizenship of heaven, to dwell with the spirits of the
blessed, to join the assembly of patriarchs, the ranks of the prophets,
the council of apostles, the great host of martyrs, the noble company of
confessors and the choir of virgins. In short, we long to be united in
happiness with all the saints. But our dispositions change. The Church of
all the first followers of Christ awaits us, but we do nothing about it.
The saints want us to be with them, and we are indifferent. The souls of
the just await us, and we ignore them. Come, brothers, let us at length
spur ourselves on. We must rise again with Christ, we must seek the world
which is above and set our mind on the things of heaven. Let us long for
those who are longing for us, hasten to those who are waiting for us, and
ask those who look for our coming to intercede for us. We should not only
want to be with the saints, we should also hope to possess their
happiness. While we desire to be in their company, we must also earnestly
seek to share in their glory...When we commemorate the saints we are
inflamed with another yearning: that Christ our life may also appear to us
as he appeared to them and that we may one day share in His glory. Until
then we see Him, not as He is, but as He became for our sake...Therefore,
we should aim at attaining this glory with a wholehearted and prudent
desire. That we may rightly hope and strive for such blessedness, we must
above all seek the prayers of the saints. Thus, what is beyond our own
powers to obtain will be granted through their intercession." (From a
Sermon [Office of Readings])

God Bless.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us!

St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for us!

--
Art and Lupe Garcia, OCDS
art_lupe@theapostoliccrusade.org

The Apostolic Crusade
PO Box 1724
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Subject: [TAC] Daily Excerpt for November 01 2006 Date: October 31, 2006 08:44 pm Today's excerpt is from St. Bernard: "Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself. We long to share in the citizenship of heaven, to dwell with the spirits of the blessed, to join the assembly of patriarchs, the ranks of the prophets, the council of apostles, the great host of martyrs, the noble company of confessors and the choir of virgins. In short, we long to be united in happiness with all the saints. But our dispositions change. The Church of all the first followers of Christ awaits us, but we do nothing about it. The saints want us to be with them, and we are indifferent. The souls of the just await us, and we ignore them. Come, brothers, let us at length spur ourselves on. We must rise again with Christ, we must seek the world which is above and set our mind on the things of heaven. Let us long for those who are longing for us, hasten to those who are waiting for us, and ask those who look for our coming to intercede for us. We should not only want to be with the saints, we should also hope to possess their happiness. While we desire to be in their company, we must also earnestly seek to share in their glory...When we commemorate the saints we are inflamed with another yearning: that Christ our life may also appear to us as he appeared to them and that we may one day share in His glory. Until then we see Him, not as He is, but as He became for our sake...Therefore, we should aim at attaining this glory with a wholehearted and prudent desire. That we may rightly hope and strive for such blessedness, we must above all seek the prayers of the saints. Thus, what is beyond our own powers to obtain will be granted through their intercession." (From a Sermon [Office of Readings]) God Bless. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us! St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for us! -- Art and Lupe Garcia, OCDS art_lupe@theapostoliccrusade.org The Apostolic Crusade PO Box 1724 La Mirada, Ca 90637-1724 Home Page: http://www.theapostoliccrusade.org/ Introduction Letter: http://www.theapostoliccrusade.org/IntroductionLetter.htm To unsubscribe to this e-mail service, please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” in the subject field. Thank You. ----- Message sent by KolbeNet WebTools http://WebTools.KolbeNet.com/
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