Grou: the Vision

Thursday, December 21, 2023
Meditation:
    [The Angel:] “This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
    —Luke 2:12 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Remember, too, who they were who were admitted into His Manger. None without a special, miraculous call, as though to teach us that we cannot attain to an interior life without our vocation be of God, and that those He calls must resemble the Shepherds in lowliness and freedom from worldly longings; in vigilance, for it was during their night watch that they were called; in faith, for had they doubted the Heavenly Vision, they would never have found Christ.
    ... Jean Nicolas Grou (1731-1803), The Hidden Life of the Soul, London: Rivingtons, 1870, p. 96 (see the book)
    See also Luke 2:12,16-18; 1 Sam. 3:10; Matt. 4:18-23; 9:9; John 15:16; Rom. 8:30; 1 Cor. 1:9; 1 Thess. 2:11-12; Heb. 3:1; 1 Pet. 5:10; 2 Pet. 1:3,10-11
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me the humility to hear You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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