Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis
de Ponte SJ
Chapter 1 – Section 5.1 – Of the union of quiet and perfect
familiarity with God - St Bernard on Prayer
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S. Bernard [Ad fratres de Monte Dei, post medium] defines
perfect prayer as a stable affection by which man is joined to God, as a familiar
conversation with Him, or as a state of the soul illuminated from above and
which enjoys this embrace as long as God wills.
The words spoken,
The secrets revealed,
The power received,
The Spiritual riches bestowed
Can only be understood by those who experience them.
Strive then, with all thy might, to ascend this holy
ladder with such fervour that thou mayest attain its summit: perchance then
thou wilt be privileged to taste these favours.
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