St. Anselm: Mediation on Today's Mass Readings
TODAY'S MASS READINGS 1: Tob 3:1-11,16-17 R: Ps 25:2-9 G: Mk 12:18-27 The Resurrection: Life in Full Why do you stray so far in search of good things for your soul and your body? Love the one and only Good in whom are all good things. That is enough… There on high, all that anyone can love and desire is to be found. Do you love beauty? “The saints will shine like the sun.” (Mt 13:43) Do you love the agility or the strength of a free body from which all obstacles have been removed? “They shall be like the angels of God”… Or a long and healthy life? There on high, eternal good health awaits you, for “the just live forever.” (Wis 5:15)… Do you want to be satiated? You shall be when God shows you his face in his glory (Ps 17:15). To be made drunk? “They have their fill of the prime gifts of your house.” (Ps 36:9) Or do you love a melodious song? There on high, the choirs of angels sing God’s praise without end. Are you seeking very pure delights? God will give you to drink fr...