{"id":3501,"date":"2009-01-18T08:45:57","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T08:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/01\/let-your-foot-wear-out-the-thr\/"},"modified":"2009-01-18T08:45:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T08:45:57","slug":"let-your-foot-wear-out-the-thr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2009\/01\/let-your-foot-wear-out-the-thr\/","title":{"rendered":"Let your foot wear out the threshold of His doors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis morning at the Third Nocturn of Vigils, Saint Augustine offered a splendid commentary on today’s Gospel. I will hold it in my heart all day. This is what He said:
\nArise to Come to Him Continually<\/strong>
\nModo ergo quod illum sequuntur isti duo, non quasi non recessuri sequuntur; sed videre voluerunt ubi habitaret, et facere quod scriptum est: Limen ostiorum eius exterat pes tuus; surge ad illum venire assidue et erudire praeceptis eius. Ostendit eis ille ubi maneret; venerunt et fuerunt cum illo.<\/em><\/p>\n

On the present occasion these two followed Him, not as those who were not again to leave Him, but to see where He dwelt, and to fulfill the Scripture: Let your foot wear out the threshold of His doors; arise to come to Him continually, and be instructed in His precepts.<\/em> (Sirach 6:36-37) He showed them where He dwelt: they came and remained with Him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Blessed Day and Blessed Night <\/strong>
\nQuam beatum diem duxerunt, quam beatam noctem! Quis est qui nobis dicat quae audierint illi a Domino? Aedificemus et nosmetipsi in corde nostro, et faciamus domum quo veniat ille, et doceat nos; colloquatur nobis.<\/em><\/p>\n

What a blessed day they spent, what a blessed night! Who can make known to us those things which they heard from the Lord? Let us also build in our heart, and make a house into which He may come and teach us, and have converse with us. (Tractate on Saint John’s Gospel<\/em> 7, 9)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThat He May Have Converse With His Priests<\/strong>
\nThis is an extraordinarily evocative text for one called to a life of Eucharistic adoration. I should like to see the passage from Sirach carved in stone over the door of the chapel of perpetual adoration that I hope to see built here: “Let your foot wear out the threshold of His doors; arise to come to Him continually.”<\/strong> Does this word not speak to your heart? This is what the Cenacle of the Eucharistic Face of Jesus<\/em> is meant to be: “a house into which Our Lord may come and teach His priests and deacons, and have converse with them.”
\nAn Appeal<\/strong>
\nUnfortunately, we still lack adequate financial support for the project. There have been a few generous donations, but nowhere near enough to begin construction. Who knows? Someone may read this text of Saint Augustine today and be moved to make a substantial gift toward the building of the Cenacle. I can be contacted at: cenacle at sbcglobal dot net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning at the Third Nocturn of Vigils, Saint Augustine offered a splendid commentary on today’s Gospel. I will hold it in my heart all day. This is what He said: Arise to Come to Him Continually Modo ergo quod illum sequuntur isti duo, non quasi non recessuri sequuntur; sed videre voluerunt ubi habitaret, et <\/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":[20,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-eucharist","category-writings-from-tulsa-2008-2012"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-Ut","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501"}],"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=3501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}