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Day's Saints
Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua, Carmelite
Blessed Guglielmo Saggiano, Mercedarian

Is 11:1-10 A shoot from the stump of Jesse

Gospel Lk 10:21-24

Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
"I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
and who the Father is except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
Turning to the disciples in private he said,
"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."

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The revelation to the shepherds.

Although many saw Jesus whom we have not seen, nevertheless, they did not see Him in His resurrected glory, and we might do well to aspire to see both while we live.

In this time, a time of longing, let us set our hearts upon that one Heart which died for our love. Crucified, He was able to give us His Blood, and by drinking of it, we may be healed of all that troubles us, and enjoy His company.

How the proud shall be humbled who have never aspired to see anything that mattered, with the eyes He gave them. Many an eye has led men astray into sin, and regret choked them in their old age while they longed for absolution and restoration of their pristine sight.

To be filled with the vision of His happiness, the glory that enlightens the universe is to be happy indeed, for it never passes as things pass in this world. All things that we love tend toward that unity which is complete in Christ. With himself, He completes us so we lack nothing and so our happiness may be complete. He has made a our little joys a means of uniting us to Himself, a little at a time.

The blessed do not speak of their unspeakable sufferings, the sorrows that linger for days and years, but which borne in silence leads men to God Himself in unity such as He grants in our lives.

We do well to remember all His benefits to us so that He may discover us at His side and complete His happiness by uniting us into a participation in Himself forever.

Such things suit us, so that He grants them because it ennobles us in His affection. To please Himself He may do many things, and some may be the occasion of consummate bliss and joy, in a joyless time that so lacks hope.

The heart that loves the Lord does not mind that His consolations are brief and fleeting, because they so enrapture the soul that everything else is forgotten, shining in a splendid light. Evil takes what it can snatch, but we still do not lack the happiness He meant we should have in a moment. The whole world shall be transformed as He was transfigured on the mountaintop, so that His glory is revealed for us to see and be delighted and comforted.