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Ejadafmy Prayers
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WOULD be well if every breath could be a loving
r si h, and every moment be filled with the thought
of GO^. If this can not be, form a habit of recollecting
yourself from time to time; the more frequently the
better. Let thz striking of the hour be a signal for
recalling the presence of God. Accustom yourself
to the easy and frequent use of ejaculatory prayers.
We need but to love in order to pray and to sigh for
God. These outpourings of the heart proceed from
the Holy Spirit; they are a language of love readily
understood by this God of love. We naturally think
of what we love; hence we can not say we love God
if we rarely or never think of Him.
"Aspire to .God," says St. Francis of Sales, "with
short but frequent outpourings of the heart.
"As those who are influenced by human and natural
love have their minds and hearts constantly fixed on
the objects of their affections; as they speak often in
their praise, and when absent lose no opportunity of
expressing by letters this affection for them, and
can not even pass a tree without inscribing on the
bark the name of their beloved; so those who are
possessed of divine love have their minds and
hearts constantly turned toward the divine object of
their love, they are ever thinking of Him, they
long after Him; they aspire to Him, and frequently
speak of Him; and were it possible, would engrave
in the hearts of all mankind the name of their beloved
Jesus."
You will find manv Sht Indul~enced Pravers in this
book. Ejaculations 'approved bYy the church are
certainly most combendable.
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