A Prayer for the Dark Night of the Cross A Favorite Prayer of St. Louis de Montfort
Tuus totus ego sum,
Et omnia mea tua sunt.
I am all yours,
And all that I have is yours,
O most loving Jésus,
Through Marie,
Your most holy Mother.
Amen.
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ST. BONAVENTURE'S PRAYER AFTER MASS /
Most sweet Lord Jesus,
pierce my inmost heart
with the most dear
and most bracing
wound of your love.
Pierce it with true, sincere,
apostolic, and most holy charity,
that my soul may ever yearn
and melt with love for you
and the desire to possess you.
May my soul be drawn toward you,
and overwhelmed with the hope
of entering your courts.
May it long to be dissolved
and to be with you.
Grant that my soul
may hunger for you,
the Bread of Angels
and the food of holy souls,
our supersubstantial Bread,
having in itself every sweetness
and good taste,
having the delightfulness
of all that charms my heart.
May my heart always long for you,
and find its nourishment in you,
on whom the angels long to gaze,
and may my inmost heart be filled
with the sweetness of your savor.
May my heart thirst for you,
the fountain of life, and of wisdom
and of knowledge, and of eternal life,
the torrent of pleasure, and the richness
of the house of God.
May my heart always draw near to you,
seek you, catch sight of you,
be drawn to you, and arrive at your presence.
May my heart think of you, speak of you,
and do all that it does for the glory of your name,
with humility and care and affection and delight,
with eagerness and with deep feeling,
and with perseverance to the end.
Thus may you alone always be my hope,
all my confidence, my joy, my rest
and my tranquility, my peace,
all that charms me; my fragrance,
my sweetness, my food, my nourishment,
my refuge, my help, my wisdom,
my portion, my possession, my treasure.
In you may my mind and my heart
be fixed and secure and rooted
forever without any change.
Amen.
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LAGO DI COMO /
June 2023
Thank you, Jesus,
For the gift of this day,
Surrounded by this
Magnificent beauty:
The amazing azure lake
Sparkles before us;
The sweet breeze caresses us
Ever so tenderly and gently;
The lovely mountains are a
Encircle us like a regal crown;
But greater far than these
Is the love of your Spirit,
Which flows freely and
Peacefully between me
And my wonderful daughter:
Thank you for this precious gift.
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER /
I believe you are present
In the Blessed Sacrament,
O Jesus,
I love you and desire you.
O never leave me.
I beseech you, O Lord Jesus,
May the burning
And most sweet power
Of your love
Absorb my mind,
That I may die
Through love
Of your love,
Who was graciously pleased
To die
Through love
Of my love.
Amen.
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ST. MOTHER TERESA'S MEDITATION ON LOVE /
From the Writings of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“Just begin
one at a time.
One, one, one.
If I had not picked up
that first person
dying on the street,
I would not
have picked up
the thousands
of others
later on.”
“What are these
drops of oil
in our lamps?
They are the little things
of everyday life:
fidelity, punctuality,
little words of kindness,
just a little thought
for others;
those little acts
of silence,
of look, and of thought,
of word, and of deed.
These are the very
drops of love
that make our life burn
with so much light.”
“God does not look
for big things --
he looks for
how much love
we put in the giving.”
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MEDITATION ON VOCATION /
The Words of St. Francis de Sales
“The King of Glory
Does not reward his servants
According to the dignity
Of the offices they hold,
But according to
The love and humility
With which they fulfill
Their offices.”
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ST. FRANCIS DE SALES' PRAYER BEFORE MAKING AN EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE /
Based on the writing of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest Jesus,
King of Divine Mercy,
I place myself in your holy presence,
And I beseech you to inspire in me
By the power of the Holy Spirit.
Give me your light,
And give me sight,
That I may gain
A perfect knowledge
Of myself.
With St. Augustine,
I cry out to you,
“Lord, let me know you,
And let me know myself!”
And with St. Francis,
I humbly ask you,
“Lord! Who are you,
And who am I?”
I protest that I do not wish
To learn of my progress
In order to rejoice in myself,
But solely to rejoice in you, dear God,
Because I do not wish to glorify myself,
But I only wish to glorify you, dear Lord,
And give you thanks.
I also protest that if I find,
As I fear I shall,
That I have made only a little progress,
Or none at all,
Or even that I have fallen backward,
I will not on that account
Be depressed or made cold
By discouragement or despondency
Of any sort.
On the contrary,
I protest that I wish to encourage
And animate myself all the more,
I wish to humble myself,
And I wish to correct my faults
By the assistance of your grace.
Amen.
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ST. FRANCIS DE SALES' EVENING PRAYER /
Based on the writing of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest Heavenly Father,
Through the Holy Spirit
I humbly give you thanks for
The affections and resolutions
You have given me today
In my meditations,
As well as for your great
Goodness and divine mercy.
Eternal Father, I offer to you
The body and blood,
Soul and divinity,
Of your dearly beloved Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
In atonement for our sins,
And those of the whole world.
I wholeheartedly implore you
To share with me the abundant
Graces and virtues
Of your most holy Son,
And to bless my affections and resolutions,
So that I may faithfully fulfill them.
I also thank you for
Having taken care of me today,
And now I will examine
How I have conducted myself
Throughout the course of this day…
For all the good I have done,
I sincerely and wholeheartedly
Thank you for it;
For anything I have done wrong
In thought, word, or deed,
I ask pardon of you,
The Divine Mercy,
And I resolve to confess it
At the first opportunity,
And to make careful
Amendment for it.
In your Divine Providence,
And through the intercession of
Our Lady, the angels,
And the saints,
Please take care of
My body, and my soul,
The Church, and my diocese,
My parish, and my pastor,
My relatives, and my friends,
And everyone else in the world,
That the windows of our souls
Will be closed
Against the shadows of hell.
Thus, with your blessing, dear God,
I go to take the rest
That you have decreed
As necessary for me.
Amen.
(Follow this with an Our Father and a Hail Mary)
SIN AND SINNER /
All too often,
especially in the past,
we have hated the sin
and hated the sinner,
thus marginalizing
entire races of peoples,
and this is neither good,
nor true, nor beautiful.
Nowadays,
in our upside-down
politically correct world,
we love the sin
and love the sinner,
thus glorifying everything,
and standing up for nothing,
and this is neither good,
nor true, nor beautiful.
Sometimes our world
is even more diabolical,
and we love the sin
and hate the sinner,
thus leading to the persecution
and martyrdom
of many, many Christians,
and this is neither good,
nor true, nor beautiful.
But sometimes,
by the grace of God,
we get it right:
we hate the sin
and love the sinner;
this is very, very good,
this is very, very true,
this is very, very beautiful.
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ST. FRANCIS DE SALES' MORNING PRAYER /
Based on the writing of St. Francis de Sales
Dearest God,
I adore you profoundly.
I thank you for the grace
Of preserving me
During this past night,
And I implore your pardon
If I have committed any sin
During the course of it.
I realize that the present day
Is given to me in order to gain
The future day of eternity,
And I plan on using this day well.
Looking ahead to what
Awaits me today,
I now make a firm resolution
To sincerely serve you and
Also advance in holy devotion;
Therefore, this is my spiritual plan:
______________________.
Lord, here is this wretched heart
Of mine, which through your
Goodness has conceived
Many good affections;
Alas, it is too weak and
Miserable to do the good
That it desires to do
Unless you impart your
Heavenly blessing.
For this reason
I humbly beg your blessing,
O Merciful Father,
Through the merits
Of the passion of your Son,
In whose honor I consecrate this day,
And all the remaining days of my life.
O Madonnina d’Amore, pray for me,
O Guardian Angel, pray for me,
All you saints and angels, pray for me,
That the windows of my soul
Will be opened
To the Sun of Justice.
Amen.
TRUST /
Based on St. Paul’s fruit of the Spirit
When you are afraid,
Trust.
When you are sad,
Trust.
When you are agitated,
Trust.
When you are impatient,
Trust.
When you are angry,
Trust.
When you are selfish,
Trust.
When you are doubting,
Trust.
When you are demanding,
Trust.
When you are reckless,
Trust.
When you are foolish,
Trust.
Trust in Divine Mercy,
Trust always,
Trust.
THE BLACK DRAGON /
Pride is a black dragon that tries
To kindle our sinful souls with
The flaming fires of falsehood,
Causing our egos to swell with
The helium of haughtiness;
But thanksgiving is a weapon,
A weapon of heavenly wonder,
Used by the Holy Family when
There was arrogance in the air;
So when we are praised for some
Fine worldly accomplishment,
Then we too should turn to the
Lord God, and, with a little smile,
We should frequently thank Him
For each of His gracious gifts,
And seeing our happy hearts filled
To the brim with gratitude, behold,
The black dragon flees in terror.