April 30
God's power in weakness
he slip of a
vine planted in the ground bears fruit at the proper time. The grain of
wheat falls into the ground and decays only to be raised up again and multiplied
by the Spirit of God who sustains all things. The Wisdom of God places
these things at our service and when they receive God's word they become
the eucharist, which is the body and blood of Christ. In the same way our
bodies which have been nourished by the eucharist will be buried in the
earth and will decay, but they will rise again at the appointed time, for
the Word of God will raise them up to the glory of God the Father. Then
the Father will clothe our mortal nature in immortality and freely endow
our corruptible nature with incorruptibility, for God's power is shown
most perfectly in weakness.
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Tradition Day by Day: Readings from
Church Writers. Augustinian Press. Villanova, PA, 1994.
HTML text prepared by David P. Steelman
