141 part i: sunday meditations for the entire year God should be sought within, in the house, in constant mortifications, and not on the outside, amid vain pleasures. For whatever effort you would eventually put into finding God will be without success, unless you mortify yourself, seeking Him. Do you know where God is found? Where man is let go. Do you know where Christ is found? Where one’s own will is renounced, mortified, and offered in sacrifice. 3. “they found [H]im in the temple, sitting among the teachers” (Lk 2:46). Behold the Holy Boy, the Heavenly Boy, whom they sought for three days, is finally found in the temple. Here too, O my soul, seek Him! Oh, if only you would visit the temple more frequently, you would find the lost Jesus more often there! When His sweet presence is withdrawn from you, where should you be looking for Him other than in the temple, where He is always bodily present? When you are afflicted by internal or external worries, go to the temple and you shall be comforted. If you need God’s help in your occupations, go to the same place and He who will help you, will be there. Hasten to His holy sanctuary now; enter, and you will find Him there. [f.14r] After Holy Communion 1. “and all who heard [H]im were amazed” (Lk 2:47). What caused the amazement of the teachers? What caused the admiration with which they gazed dumbfounded at Christ? It was His knowledge and wisdom. But, O my soul, what Divine Wisdom can possibly be greater than uniting God with man and giving them both to such a sinful man as you. Yet, you are not astonished at this wisdom and you do not admire nor praise it. The Israelites marveled at the horn-like rays coming from Moses’ head39 after his conversation with God (cf. Ex 34:29-30). 39 The rays coming forth from the face of Moses are expressed by the Hebrew word qaran, which besides meaning “to radiate,” also means “to put out horns” (Ps 68:32 in DRB). Hence, the Vulgate has (cf. Ex 34:29) “cornuta esset facies sua ex consortio sermonis Dei,” which literally means: “his face was horned” (cf.
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