THIRTY THIRD MEDITATION FOR LENT
"The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here." (Matt. 12:42)
New Christians are found in Africa, India, China, and Japan, who travel more than thirty miles several times a year to have the consolation of adoring Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and of hearing Holy Mass. They count the fatigues of their journey as nothing when they have the happiness of assisting at Mass and of passing half an hour with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. How many people will rise on the day of Judgment against us and condemn us! We have Jesus Christ in our own town, religious have Jesus Christ in their own houses, and they reckon this privilege as nothing. Some make so little of this privilege that they visit Jesus Christ only with indifference; many visit Him against their will and with hardly any devotion. Shall not the queen of the south rise in judgment against these people? And shall she not condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon. He who is here on our altars is greater than Solomon.
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
New Christians are found in Africa, India, China, and Japan, who travel more than thirty miles several times a year to have the consolation of adoring Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and of hearing Holy Mass. They count the fatigues of their journey as nothing when they have the happiness of assisting at Mass and of passing half an hour with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. How many people will rise on the day of Judgment against us and condemn us! We have Jesus Christ in our own town, religious have Jesus Christ in their own houses, and they reckon this privilege as nothing. Some make so little of this privilege that they visit Jesus Christ only with indifference; many visit Him against their will and with hardly any devotion. Shall not the queen of the south rise in judgment against these people? And shall she not condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon. He who is here on our altars is greater than Solomon.
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
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