SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI November 18, 2007 ... - Brick Church

ecome more than mere mortal and passing efforts. They become vectors in an
unstoppable divine trajectory aimed toward the triumph of things eternal, namely
the compassion, justice, peace and righteousness that are the very glory of God.
The temple to which that poor widow in Jerusalem offered her two cents would be
dust forty years later. But her gift was not made simply to that passing temple; her
gift was offered to the glory of God. And here we are, two thousand years, later
reaping the spiritual fruit of her gift. Her two cents live.
“Sic transit Gloria mundi.” Yes indeed, the glory of the world passes away. But
I’d like to coin a fresh Latin aphorism this morning, a counter-truth to that old
truth. I checked the Latin to make sure I have it right. My new aphorism goes like
this, “Sic non transit gloria dei.” “The glory of God does not pass away.”
“Sic non transit gloria dei.” In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit. Amen.
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