Mar. 22 - Wk 3 - Day 5 - "seeking to know Jesus better"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

St. Louis de Montfort in describing this third week wrote:

1. During the third week they should seek to understand Jesus Christ better. They may read and meditate on what we have already said about him. They may say the prayer of St. Augustine which they will find at the beginning of the second part of this book. Again with St. Augustine, they may pray repeatedly, “Lord, that I may know you,” or “Lord, that I may see.”…

Here is the Prayer of St. Augustine:

Prayer of Saint Augustine

O Jesus Christ, you are my Father, my merciful God, my great King, my good Shepherd, my only Master, my best helper, my beloved friend of overwhelming beauty, my living Bread, my eternal priest. You are my guide to my heavenly home, my one true light, my holy joy, my true way, my shining wisdom, my unfeigned simplicity, the peace and harmony of my soul, my perfect safeguard, my bounteous inheritance, my everlasting salvation.

My loving Lord, Jesus Christ, why have I ever loved or desired anything else in my life but you, my God? Where was I when I was not in communion with you? From now on, I direct all my desires to be inspired by you and centred on you. I direct them to press forward for they have tarried long enough, to hasten towards their goal, to seek the one they yearn for.

O Jesus, let him who does not love you be accursed, and filled with bitterness. O gentle Jesus, let every worthy feeling of mine show you love, take delight in you and admire you. O God of my heart and my inheritance, Christ Jesus, may my heart mellow before the influence of your spirit and may you live in me. May the flame of your love burn in my soul. May it burn incessantly on the altar of my heart. May it glow in my innermost being. May it spread its heat into the hidden recesses of my soul and on the day of my consummation may I appear before you consumed in your love. Amen.

Let us thank the Lord for giving us Saints like St. Augustine and St. Louis De Montfort to help us on our journey toward union with God - which began at our Baptism. Let us pray:

The Litany to the Holy Spirit - HERE
Ave Maris Stella - HERE
Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus - HERE

 

[hazcompat]

St. Teresa’s poem: Alma, buscarte has en Mi’ (Poem 10, Minor Works).

Such is the power of love, O soul,
To paint thee in my heart
No craftsman with such art
Whate’er his skill might be,
could there Thine image thus impart!
’Twas love that gave thee life— Then, fair one,
if thou be Lost to thyself, thou’lt see
Thy portrait in my bosom stamped— Soul, seek thyself in Me.

418 In a letter dated May 1581, addressed to Don Alonso Velasquez
Peace

 

[MariaChristi]

Thanks so much, again, dear hazcompat!

St. Teresa of Avila’s poem is just beautiful as Truth revealed Himself to her.

Come Holy Spirit enable us to lose ourselves that we may see ourselves stamped in Your Love and Your Truth. Amen.