Ortus Christi: Meditations for Advent — John Shaqi
Ortus Christi: Meditations for AdventSt. Paul, Mother
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Ortus Christi: Meditations for Advent
St. Paul, Mother
Advent -- Meditations; Christmas -- Meditations
(2) _The books._ "And the books were opened ... and the dead were judged
by those things which were written in the books, according to their
works." "And another book was opened, which is the book of life," and
only "they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb" shall enter
Heaven. (Apoc. XX. 12, XXI. 27). "Every man's work shall be manifest" (1
Cor. III. 13); "every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render
an account for it in the day of Judgment" (St. Matt. XII. 36). Then will
be seen, and _all_ will acknowledge it, the triumph of right over wrong,
the triumph of the Kingdom, the triumph of Christ; then will be
adjusted all that we have so often longed to adjust but could not, for
"let both grow together till the harvest" was the King's order. Then
will seeming injustices be explained and crimes that have called to
Heaven for vengeance receive their just reward. Then will the unanimous
cry be: "The Lord He is God," and all will be forced to add: "He doeth
all things well."
(3) _The Sentences._ There are only two: (1) "Then shall the King say to
them that shall be on His right Hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father,
possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world." He tells them why they are to have such a blessed reward--they
have been faithful subjects of their King during their lives on earth,
they have ministered to His needs, lived for Him and not for self. They
seem surprised, they cannot remember doing acts of charity to their King
and He explains: "As long as you did it to one of these My least
brethren, you did it to Me." (St. Matt. XXV. 40). The sentence "Come" is
pronounced on those who lived their lives for their King, who did all
they had to do, no matter what it was, for Him, thus uniting themselves
with Him, and now He will unite Himself with them for all
eternity--"_Come_!"
(2) "Then He shall say to them also that shall be on His left Hand:
Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire." And again He gives
His reasons for this terrible punishment--they would not acknowledge Him
as their King, would not serve Him, lived for self instead of for Him
and His brethren: "As long as you did it _not_ to one of these least,
neither did you do it to Me" (verse 45). During their lives they
separated themselves from the King and His interests: "We will not have
this Man to reign over us;" now He will separate Himself from them for
all eternity.--"_Depart from Me!_"
Then He "will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind
it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into My barn." (St.
Matt. XIII. 30). "The Angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked
from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire"
(verses 49, 50). "Then shall the just shine as the sun in the Kingdom of
their Father. He that hath ears to hear let him hear" (verse 43).
_Colloquy._
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