Love Is a Repose
That Refreshes
Love is also
called “in labor rest, in mourning comfort.” Love is repose that refreshes,
because the principal office of love is to unite the will of the lover to that
of the beloved one. To a soul that loves God, in every affront it receives, in
every sorrow it endures, in every loss which happens to it, the knowledge that
it is the will of its beloved for it to suffer these trials is enough to
comfort it. It finds peace and contentment in all tribulations merely by
saying; This is the will of my God. This is that peace which surpasses all the
pleasures of sense, “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding”
The Holy
Spirit, by his sweet unction, renders even ignominies and torments sweet and
pleasant: Yea, Father; for so has it seemed good in Your sight.
Act
of Filial Submission
O
Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me,
strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do, give me Your orders. I
promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me and to accept all that
You permit to happen to me. Let me only know Your will. Amen.
Our
Father
Our
Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and
forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Hail
Mary
Hail
Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and
blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us
sinners, now and in the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory
Be
Glory
be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Prayer
for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
O
Lord Jesus Christ Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to send the
Holy Spirit to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and Disciples,
deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me that He may perfect in my soul the
work of Thy grace and Thy love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may
despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things
that are eternal; the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the
light of Thy divine truth; the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the
surest way of pleasing God and gaining heaven; the Spirit of Fortitude that I
may bear my cross with Thee and that I may overcome with courage all the
obstacles that oppose my salvation; the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God
and know myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints; the Spirit of
Piety that I may find the service of God sweet and amiable; the Spirit of Fear
that I may be filled with a loving reverence towards God and may dread in any
way to displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples
and animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.
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