Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis
de Ponte SJ
Chapter 3 Section 1.2– Be a man of prayer!
If, thou desire to conquer the Omnipotent and be a
partaker in His omnipotence, be a man of prayer;
If thou desire to mortify thy flesh and dry up the nerve
on which its passions depend, be a man of prayer;
If thou seek to triumph over the world and its pomps, and
not to fear men and their calumnies, and, moreover, to be delivered from the snares
of the devil, be a man of prayer;
If thou desire God to change thy name [ie as in Jacob to
Israel] and grant thee fortitude and the gift of quiet, tranquil contemplation,
and to see and possess Him as far as may be in this life, be a man of prayer;
Lastly, if thou hope to obtain from the Father of lights
all those heavenly blessings which he is wont to communicate through Jesus
Christ His Son, be a man of prayer; for this is the infallible way of obtaining
them.
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