The Carmelite Review, Vol. 5
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Excerpt from The Carmelite Review, Vol. 5: A Monthly Catholic Journal Devoted to Our Blessed Lady of Mount Carmel There was a beautiful tradition amongst the Jews which Lancicius quotes from Philo. It was to this effect: When God had created the world, he asked the angels what they thought of this work of his hands. One of them answered that it was so vast and so perfect that only one thing was wanting to it, namely, that there should be created a clear, mighty, and harmonious voice, which should fill all the quarters of the world incessantly with its sweet sound, and offer thanksgiving day and night to its Maker for his incomparable blessings. Indeed, the blessings of God, both spiritual and temporal, are so great and so numerous that every one of us must say with St. Gregory of Nyssa: "I think that if our whole life long we conversed with God without distraction, and did nothing but give thanks, we should really be just as far from adequately thanking our heavenly benefactor, as if we had never thought of thanking him at all. For time has three parts, the past, the present, and the future. If you consider the present, it is by God that you are now living; if the future, he is the hope of everything you expect; if the past, you would never have been if he had not created you. That you were born, was his blessing. And after you were born, your life and your death were equally his blessing. Whatever your future hopes may be they depend also on his blessing. You are only master of the present; and therefore if you never once intermitted thanksgiving during your whole life, you would hardly do enough for the grace that is always present; and your imagination cannot conceive of any method possible by which you could do anything for the time past, or for the time to come. Since the benefits and blessings of God are unspeakably great, from their multitude, their magnitude, and their incomprehensibility, they are by no means to be concealed in silence or left without commemoration. Though it be impossible for us to commemorate them adequately, yet we must openly acknowledge them, revere them in our heart, and religiously worship them as far as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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