Affections and Prayers to Jesus and Mary
From The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, by St. Alphonsus Liguori Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ |
|---|---|
| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago, Benziger Brothers |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approbation, dated Baltimore, Md., September 8, 1886, signed Elias Fred. Schauer, Sup. Prov. Baltimorensis (a religious superior's sanction of publication under the Superior-General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer). Not labelled imprimatur or nihil obstat; no ecclesiastical imprimatur or nihil obstat appears on any rendered leaf. |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- forgiveness of sins, contrition, love of God, union with Jesus, perseverance, a happy death
Albrecht Dürer, Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels, 1513. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O my Jesus! Thou hast been pleased to become a servant for love of me, and in order to release me from the chains of hell; and not only the servant of Thy Father, but of men and of executioners, even to the laying down of Thy life; and I, for the love of some wretched and poisonous pleasure, have so often forsaken Thy service, and have become the slave of the devil. A thousand times over I curse those moments in which, by a wicked abuse of my free-will, I despised Thy grace, O infinite Majesty! In pity pardon me, and bind me to Thyself with those delightful chains of love with which Thou keepest Thy chosen souls in closest union with Thee. I love Thee, O Incarnate Word; I love Thee, O my sovereign Good! I have now no other desire but to love Thee; and I have only one fear, that of seeing myself deprived of Thy love. O never suffer me to be separated from Thee again. I beseech Thee, O my Jesus! by all the sufferings of Thy life and of Thy death, do not suffer me ever more to leave Thee: “Suffer me not to be separated from Thee, suffer me not to be separated from Thee.” 1 Ah, my God, after all the favors Thou hast shown me, after pardoning me so repeatedly, and when now Thou dost enlighten me with so clear a knowledge, and invitest me to love Thee with so tender an affection, if I should ever be so wretched as again to turn my back upon Thee, how could I presume ever to receive pardon afresh? and not rather be afraid that in that same instant Thou would cast me headlong into hell? Ah, never permit it; let me say again: “Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.”
O Mary, my refuge, thou hast hitherto been my sweet advocate; for it was thou that didst prevail on God still to wait for me and to pardon me with so much mercy; help me at present, obtain for me the grace to die, and to die a thousand times, sooner than ever again to lose the grace of my God.
- “Ne permittas me separari a te; ne permittas me separari a te.”
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