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And in this light may good deeds be multiplied.
O divine Spirit, Spirit of love and of mercy,
Your pour the balm of trust into my heart,
Your grace confirms my soul in good,
Giving it the invincible power of constancy.
O Divine Spirit, Spirit of peace and of joy,
You invigorate my thirsting heart
And pour into it the living fountain of God‟s love,
Making it intrepid for battle.
O Divine Spirit, my soul‟s most welcome guest,
For my part, I want to remain faithful to You;
Both in days of joy and in the agony of suffering,
I want always, O Spirit of God, to live in Your presence.
O Divine Spirit, who pervade my whole being
And give me to know Your Divine, Triune Life,
And lead me into the mystery of Your Divine Being,
Initiating me into Your Divine Essence,
Thus united to You, I will live a life without end.
1412 (43) + It is with great zeal that I have prepared for the celebration of the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of god. I have made an extra effort to keep
recollected in spirit and have meditated on that unique privilege of Our Lady. And thus
my heart was complete drowned in Her, thanking God for having accorded this great
privilege to Mary.
1413 I prepared not only by means of the novena said in common by the whole community,
but I also made a personal effort to salute Her a thousand times each day, saying a
thousand “Hail Marys” for nine days in Her praise.
+ This is now the third time I have said such a novena to the Mother of God; that is, a
novena made up of a thousand Aves each day. Thus the novena consists in nine
thousand salutations. Although I have done this now three times in my life, and two of
these while in the course of my duties, I have never failed in carrying out my tasks with
the greatest exactitude. I have always said the novena outside the time of my
exercises; that is to say, I have not said the Aves during Holy Mass or Benediction.
Once, I made the novena while (44) lying ill in the hospital. Where there‟s a will, there‟s
a way. Apart from recreation, I have only prayed and worked. I have not said a single
unnecessary word during these days. Although I must admit that such a matter requires
a good deal of attention and effort, nothing is too much when it comes to honoring the
Immaculate Virgin.
1414 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Before Holy Communion I saw the Blessed
Mother inconceivably beautiful. Smiling at me She said to me, My daughter, at God’s
command I am to be, in a special and exclusive way your Mother; but I desire that you,
too, in a special way, be My child.
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