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Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 2
Psalms 122:8—For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
What the earthly Jerusalem was to the Jews, that the holy Church, the Bride of the Lamb, the heavenly Jerusalem, which descends from God out of heaven, and includes within its limits all holy events, is to us. Let us pray for its peace and prosperity; let us esteem them above our own good, and let us be glad if our feet stand within its gates.
When the tribes of the Lord go up to give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness, let us go with them. We may be alone in wane distant land, or traversing the ocean to the swift steamer, bearing us from the land of religious observances, or confined to the sick chamber; but let as never forget that we belong to the holy mystical Church; let us ascend the staircases of prayer and praise; let as mingle our rivulet of adoring love to the mighty torrent that is setting in towards the throne of God and the Lamb; for we are come to the City of God, to an innumerable company of angels, to the spirits of just men made perfect and to the blond of sprinkling that speaketh better things than Abel’s. Wherever my brethren meet, in whatever section of the Church on earth, so long as they belong to the one Church, the Body of Christ, nothing shall stay me from wishing them prosperity and peace. They may ran recognize me here, but five minutes in Heaven will do away with all these earthly estrangements.
When the Church is at peace within herself she flourishes best. "So the Church," we are told, "throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, and was edified." Peace is the condition of up-building and multiplication; but it is only consistent with Truth and Righteousness. First Righteousness, then Peace, then Prosperity.
