Of the sounds that arrest our attention in this life, one that has passed into the mists of time is that of the armored knight, dressed for battle, with his fellows, mounting up (that could not have been an easy maneuver) and heading out to battle.
I should think that the king would have been concerned about the damage to the royal parquet.
Perhaps as close as we can come to understanding that head-to-toe armor is to consider the astronaut: everything protected, helmeted and fit for battle against zero gravity. Quiet, too!
Our armor makes both of those look cartoon-esque. We are arrayed in the armor of light. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are resplendent in light!
Our armor must be maintained in truth, which is the fabric and link of which it is made: the light of truth and the warmth of love and the brilliance of the righteousness of God, and for sword, the very Word of God!
When we don our habits this morning, even if they happen to be jeans and a t-shirt, let us be reminded that in Cor Unum, we have put on the armor of Christ-likeness. We are brilliant and beautiful in humility and humanity, when Jesus Christ shines in us and is evidenced in the truth of our Gospel lives. The more we fight the good fight of faith, the more darkness is banished to the dungeons from whence it came.
Lykaestria, Wikipedia, by permission
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