Our
human body is made up of the four elements, Fire, Air, Water and Earth: Fire is
in the eyes, Air is in the mouth, Water is in the loins and Earth is in the
hands and feet.
In the sinner's body, since he is a slave to sin, Fire flourishes in the eyes by curiosity, Air in the mouth by talkativeness, Water in the loins by lust and Earth in the hands and feet by cruelty.
The
Son of God veiled His face (on which the angels long to gaze) to restrain the
curiosity of our eyes. He was dumb before not just His shearer but His murderer
and, when He was ill-treated, He did not open His mouth, so as to check your
talkativeness.
His
side was opened by the lance, so that He might draw out of you the misfortune
of lust.
His
hands and feet were fastened with nails, to drive cruelty from your hands and
feet.
Take
your son, then, your mirth, your flesh, and offer it completely as a holocaust,
so that you may be wholly on fire with Charity that covers a multitude of sins.
-
S. Antonio de Lisboa
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