Good Morning Children of Mary,
Although these little meditations were written for religious nuns who lived in a convent in Germany a long time ago, we believe that they will be of great benefit to us as well.
Today's Meditation is Jesus Appears to James.
Have a beautiful day!
The Setting:
"After that, He was seen by James, then by all the Apostles" (Cor. 15, 7).
Prelude:
Represent to ourself the joy of St. James when he was favored with a special apparition of our Divine Lord.
Prayer:
O Divine Saviour, Whose delight it is to be with the children of men, may it be our sole delight to be in Thy holy Presence. Is there, in truth, genuine happiness without Thee? Alas, experience proves that the soul is sad and dismayed when attached to creatures, living in distractions, and wandering astray among the vain things of this world. How wonderfully are the words of St. Augustine verified, that Thou has created our heart for Thee and that it cannot find rest save in Thee! O my Jesus, endow Thy Spouses, with the gift of love for the hidden, interior life, the spirit of silence and prayer, that our convent may be for us an abode of peace and sanctity, and we thus lose none of the precious advantages that a faith filled life offers in such generous measure.
Resolution:
By silence and recollection, I will endeavor more and more to foster the spirit of prayer. .
Spiritual Bouquet:
"What have I in heaven but Thee, and besides Thee what do I desire upon earth? Thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion forever" (Ps. 72).
Jesus Mercy! Mary Help!
Jesus - Model of Religious, Meditations for every day of the year. Frederick Pustet Co., Copyright, 1925
Translated from the German of a Religious of the Congregation of St. Charles Borromeo, by a Sister of Notre Dame, Cleveland, Ohio,
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