{"id":3411,"date":"2008-11-06T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T07:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/when-christ-dwelleth-in-us\/"},"modified":"2008-11-06T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T07:43:07","slug":"when-christ-dwelleth-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/11\/when-christ-dwelleth-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"When Christ Dwelleth in Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vultuschristi.org\/Dinkelsbuhl%20Last%20Supper.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dinkelsbuhl Last Supper.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vultuschristi.org\/Dinkelsbuhl%20Last%20Supper-thumb-400x300.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<em>In this morning&#8217;s lesson at Matins (Votive Office of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Thursday), Saint Cyril of Alexandria addresses those who would stay away from The Blessing, that is, Holy Communion, for fear of their unworthiness.  Then, he enumerates the benefits of Christ dwelling in us eucharistically:<\/em><br \/>\nWherefore I counsel thee to betake thee to godly thoughts,<br \/>\nand to live carefully and holily,<br \/>\nand so to receive that Blessing &#8212;<br \/>\na Blessing which, believe me, doth banish not death only,<br \/>\nbut all diseases likewise.<br \/>\nFor when Christ dwelleth in us,<br \/>\nHe stilleth the law of death in our members,<br \/>\nwhich warreth against the law of our mind (Rom 8:23).<br \/>\nHe giveth strength to godliness,<br \/>\nHe turneth to calm the turbulent surging of our mind,<br \/>\nHe cureth them which are sick.<br \/>\nHe raiseth up them which are fallen,<br \/>\nand like the Good Shepherd, Which giveth His life for the sheep,<br \/>\nHe prevaileth that the sheep perish not.<br \/>\n(Book IV on John, Chapter XVII)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this morning&#8217;s lesson at Matins (Votive Office of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Thursday), Saint Cyril of Alexandria addresses those who would stay away from The Blessing, that is, Holy Communion, for fear of their unworthiness. Then, he enumerates the benefits of Christ dwelling in us eucharistically: Wherefore I counsel thee to betake thee <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-eucharist"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-T1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}