The Lord wants all his beloved to have a chance to be converted, and this he has ratified by his almighty will.
Therefore let us comply with his magnificent and glorious purpose, and let us crave his mercy and loving kindness on bended knee, and turn to his compassion, after abandoning our vain efforts and our strife and the jealousy which but leads to death. Let us fix our gaze upon those who have ministered so perfectly to his transcendent glory...
Let us, therefore,...be of a humble frame of mind, ridding ourselves of all arrogance and haughtiness, and foolishness and passion...
It is right and holy, therefore, brethren, that we should be submissive to God rather than follow those who through arrogance and insubordination are the ring-leaders in a quarrel fomented by detestable jealousy. No ordinary harm, surely, but serious danger shall we incur if we recklessly yield to the caprices of men who plunge into strife and sedition to estrange us from the cause of right. Let us be kind to one another in imitation of the compassion and goodness of our Maker. For the Scripture says: The kind shall inhabit the land, and the innocent shall be left in possession of it.
~~ Saint Clement of Rome
~Magnificat Meditation of the Day, January 23, 2013~
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