And listening to the Scriptures. Revelation XVIII:23 on the destruction of Babylon: And the light of a candle shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee.
It occurred to me that this may refer to the horrid situation when the judgment of God visits a place and the light of the candle of God’s word is removed from it; and thus there the voice of the Bridegroom is no longer heard, nor does the Bride, the Church lift up her voice in praise and thanksgiving to her Bridegroom. A place where the Word is silenced and the Church dies. And how much of a wasteland have our cities indeed become where this has taken place?
Every Thursday in the Treasury of Daily Prayer, we beg our Lord: “Pardon all our arrogance and do not come to us in wrath to remove the lamp of Your Word from before our eyes! O Lord, we pray You: visit this vine which You once established for Yourself and renew us with the sun of Your mercy and the water of eternal life.” O Lord, our sins are many and great, but let not the lamp of Your Word be extinguished among us so that we no longer hear our Bridegroom’s sweet voice, nor the songs of Your Bride ever vanish from among us. Amen!
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