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BarbaraTherese
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My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you
that I may rejoice in you.
And if I may not do so fully in this life,
let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness.
to ask by your Son, and you have promised that we shall receive ***«that our joy may be full» (Jn 16,24).***That which you counsel through our «wonderful counsellor» (Is 9,5)
is what I am asking for, Lord.
let my tongue speak of it,
let my heart love it,
let my mouth preach it,
let my soul hunger for it, my flesh thirst for it,
and my whole being desire it,
until I enter the joy of my Lord (Mt 25,21),
who is God, one and triune, blessed forever. Amen.
*John Chapter 16: 24 Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. *
Isiah Chapter 9 : 6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
*Matthew Chapter 25 ; 21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. *
****Saint Anselm (1933-1109), monk, Archbishop, Doctor of the Church
(All quotations are quoted in full underneath this quote box)
My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you
that I may rejoice in you.
And if I may not do so fully in this life,
let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness.
- Let the knowledge of you increase in me here, and there let it come to its fullness.
- Let your love grow in me here, and there let it be fulfilled,
- so that here my joy may be in a great hope,
- and there in full reality.
to ask by your Son, and you have promised that we shall receive ***«that our joy may be full» (Jn 16,24).***That which you counsel through our «wonderful counsellor» (Is 9,5)
is what I am asking for, Lord.
- Let me receive that which you promised through your truth,
- «that my joy may be full».
- God of truth, I ask that I may receive,
- so that my joy may be full.
let my tongue speak of it,
let my heart love it,
let my mouth preach it,
let my soul hunger for it, my flesh thirst for it,
and my whole being desire it,
until I enter the joy of my Lord (Mt 25,21),
who is God, one and triune, blessed forever. Amen.
*John Chapter 16: 24 Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you shall receive; that your joy may be full. *
Isiah Chapter 9 : 6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.
*Matthew Chapter 25 ; 21 His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. *