Friday 27 November 2020

Chapter 12 Part 3 - Of the 4 methods of prayer - the virtues and perfections of God made man.

 Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by Louis de Ponte SJ

Section 2 – page 165

This same method of prayer can be exercised on other matters more proportioned to our frailty and no less ample; that is, the virtues and perfections of God made man.

Prayer:

Most dear Saviour, my soul exults in the immense charity and omnipotence resplendent in the work of Thy incarnation.

Let all men glorify Thee for Thy humility and poverty manifested in Thy Holy Nativity;

Blessed be the wisdom and goodness displayed in Thy preaching;

Let all praise Thee a thousand times for the heroic virtues which shone forth in Thy Passion and Death.

I rejoice and exult in the glory Thou didst receive in Thy admirable Resurrection, and which Thou dost now enjoy seated at the Father’s right hand in heaven;

With equal delight I contemplate the grandeur and magnificence which is Thine;

If anything were lacking to Thee I could supply how gladly would I give it.

Blessed for ever be Thy eternal Father, who has heaped upon Thee, the God-man, such honours: enjoy them for all eternity for the glory and utility of Thy elect; make me also a participator in them, that I may praise and glorify Thee for all eternity.

Amen


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