| Our Lord, speaking of the abandonment to which men have subjected Him, told St. Margaret Mary, “But, at least, give Me the pleasure of making up for their ingratitude as much as you are able.â€
And as the saint showed Him her weakness, our Lord filled her with His love, saying to her, “Take this, it will compensate for what you lack.â€
Our Lord requires our love, but a love that pays and compensates for that which others do not give Him.
The first characteristic of this reparation is compensation, making up for those who do not recognize the Divine Love.
The second characteristic makes the reparation no longer a compensation in justice, but a compensation of love: it is suffering in union with the Master.
Novena to the Holy Ghost Leading to Priestly Ordinations at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary
DAY 5:
MEDITATION:
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth – in their relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of creatures, reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as instruments in the service of God. It shows us the loving care of God even in adversity, and directs us to glorify Him in every circumstance of life. Guided by its light, we put first things first, and prize the friendship of God beyond all else. “Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it.”
PRAYER:
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the will of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may realize their vanity and use them only for Thy glory and my own salvation, looking ever beyond them to Thee, and Thy eternal rewards. Amen.
(Our Father and Hail Mary once. Glory be to the Father 7 times)
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE HOLY GHOST
On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses I offer myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity the unerring keenness of Your justice and the might of Your love. You are the Strength / and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my heart! To be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light: and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart I implore You Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son to say to You always and everywhere, Amen. |
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