{"id":29895,"date":"2017-05-02T16:58:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T20:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=29895"},"modified":"2017-05-07T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T07:43:10","slug":"the-refuge-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-refuge-within\/","title":{"rendered":"The Refuge Within","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS<br \/>\n for May 2nd, 2017<br \/>\n Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter<br \/>\n Memorial of St. Athanasius<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Liturgical texts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/050217.cfm\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29894 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2-1024x901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2-1536x1352.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/regue2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>THERE <\/b>is a scene in one of Michael D. O\u2019Brien\u2019s novels<i> <\/i>that I have never forgotten\u2014when a priest is being tortured for his faithfulness. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><i>Eclipse of the Sun, <\/i>Ignatius Press<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> In that moment, the clergyman seems to descend to a place where his captors cannot reach, a place deep within his heart where God resides. His heart was a refuge precisely because, there too, was God.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Much has been said about \u201crefuges\u201d in our times\u2014places set aside by God where He will care for His people in a global persecution that seems more and more an inevitability in our times.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>No less than ordinary individual Catholics can survive, so ordinary Catholic families cannot survive. They have no choice. They must either be holy\u2014which means sanctified\u2014or they will disappear. The only Catholic families that will remain alive and thriving in the twenty-first century are the families of martyrs.<\/b> \u2014Servant of God, Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., <em>The Blessed Virgin and the Sanctification of the Family<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, I wrote how these places of solitude, reserved particularly for the \u201clast times,\u201d have precedence in Scripture and were mentioned in the early Church (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/26\/the-coming-refuges-and-solitudes\/\"><i>The Coming Refuges and Solitudes<\/i><\/a>). But today\u2019s Mass readings imply another kind of refuge, one that is neither a barn or a forest clearing, nor a cave or a hidden loft. Rather it is the <i>refuge of the heart<\/i>, because wherever God is, that place becomes a refuge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the plottings of men. (Today\u2019s Psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is a shelter hidden far beneath the blows to the body; a place where <i>the exchange of love itself becomes so intense<\/i> that the real suffering of the flesh becomes, as it were, a love song to the Beloved.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;\">As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, &#8220;Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.\u201d (Today\u2019s first reading)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just prior to this prayer, Stephen saw Jesus with His eyes, standing at the right hand of the Father. That is, He was already in the refuge of God\u2019s presence. Stephen\u2019s body was not preserved from the stones, but His heart was safeguarded against the fiery darts of the enemy because it was <i>\u201cfilled with grace and power\u201d<\/i> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Acts 6:8<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> This is why Our Lady repeatedly calls you and I to prayer, to \u201c<i>pray, pray, pray\u201d, <\/i>because it is through prayer that we are likewise filled with grace and power, and enter into the most sure and safe refuge: the heart of God.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #050566;\">Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him&#8230;<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church, <\/em>n. 2658<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If this is so, then the greatest refuge on earth must be the Holy Eucharist, the \u201cReal Presence\u201d of Christ through the sacramental species of His Body and Blood. Indeed, Jesus proves that the Eucharist, which is His Sacred Heart, is a spiritual refuge when He says in today\u2019s Gospel:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And yet, we <em>do<\/em> know hunger and thirst in the limitations of our human flesh. So what Jesus speaks of here is refuge and deliverance from <i>spiritual<\/i> affliction\u2014that hunger for meaning and the thirst for love; the hunger for hope and a thirst for mercy; and the hunger for heaven and that thirst for peace. Here, we find them in the Eucharist, the \u201csource and summit\u201d of our faith, for It is Jesus Himself.<\/p>\n<p>All this is to say, dear brothers and sisters, that I do not know what physical preparations anyone should take in these uncertain days beyond normal prudence. But I do not hesitate to shout:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Enter into the refuge of God\u2019s presence! Its doorway is faith, and the key is prayer. Hasten to enter the place of God\u2019s heart where you will be safeguarded from the wiles of the enemy as the Lord shields you with Wisdom, shelters you in His peace, and strengthens you in His light. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This doorway to God\u2019s presence is not far away. Even though it is hidden, it is not a secret: it is <i>within your heart<\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">&#8230;the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands\u2026 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you\u2026? Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him\u2026 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me. (Acts 7:48; 1 Cor 6:19; John 14:23; <span id=\"transmark\" style=\"display: none; width: 0px; height: 0px;\"><\/span>Rev 3:20)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And where Christ is in one\u2019s heart, that one can be assured of His strength and protection over his soul, for that one&#8217;s heart has now become a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/16\/where-heaven-touches-earth-pt-6\/\">city of God.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt;\">God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress. Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken and mountains quake to the depths of the sea\u2026 Streams of the river gladden <em>the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High<\/em>. God is in its midst; it shall not be shaken. (Psalm 46:2-8)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And again<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">Be not crushed before them; for it is I this day who <em>have made you a fortified city<\/em>\u2026 They will fight against you, but not prevail over you. for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. (Jeremiah 1:17-19)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In closing, how then should we understand the sublime words of Our Lady of Fatima who said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God. <\/strong><\/em>\u2014Second apparition, June 13, 1917, <em>The Revelation of the Two Hearts in Modern Times<\/em>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/library\/MARY\/FIRSTSAT.htm\"> www.ewtn.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The answer is two-fold: who has united his or her heart more perfectly to God than Mary such that she truly is a \u201ccity of God\u201d? Her heart was and is a copy of her Son\u2019s.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">Mary: &#8220;May it be done to me according to your word.&#8221; (Luke 1:38)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">Jesus: &#8220;&#8230;not my will but yours be done.&#8221; (Luke 22:42)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Second, she alone, of all human creatures, was designated our \u201cmother\u201d as she stood beneath the Cross. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_29895_1('footnote_plugin_reference_29895_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. John 19:26<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_29895_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_29895_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> As such, in the order of grace, she who is \u201cfull of grace\u201d becomes herself an entry to Christ: to enter her heart is at once to enter Christ\u2019s because of the union of their \u201ctwo hearts\u201d and her spiritual motherhood. So when she says her \u201cImmaculate Heart\u201d will be our refuge, it is only because her heart is already within the refuge of her Son\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The key to your heart becoming a refuge within, then, is to follow in their footsteps&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to give me safety. You are my rock and my fortress; for your name&#8217;s sake you will lead and guide me. (Today\u2019s Psalm)<i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/25\/the-great-ark\/\">The Great Ark\u00a0 <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/26\/the-coming-refuges-and-solitudes\/\">The Coming Refuges and Solitudes<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/donations\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2785\" 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