Lectio divina
Sanctification
"I know nothing better for detaching ourselves from the world than that which elevates; I know of nothing that elevates us as much as the study, contemplation and science of Jesus." And again "Be Jesus: Jesus in prayer, Jesus in conversation, Jesus in trial, Jesus for God, Jesus for one's neighbor, Jesus only and always".
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Jesus is our sanctification
DWe must think of Jesus as a living one, currently living who is in the world, and who has chosen us in the world out of a thousand.
He has his views on us. He knows the Holy One who is different from all the other saints to whom we carry the germ, and whom He will create with the worst and the best of ourselves, if we do not resist His love. The drama of our life lies in this resistance that we oppose to the patient work of Jesus.
- Am I convinced that I am chosen among a thousand? If so, at what point is my drama?
- Do I feel, with heartfelt and serene commitment, the germ of the saint that is in me?
- Why after so many communions, so many promises, am I incapable of becoming a saint?
Without distrust, let us renew to Jesus the promise to become one.
Desurmont subtly describes the procedure by which an imitator of Jesus attains sainthood. The operation of the Holy Spirit, seconded by the good will of the individual, forms, preserves, matures in the soul the heavenly taste of resemblance to Jesus.
When the Holy Ghost has determined to form this celestial instinct in a soul, He begins by inspiring in it a keen interest in the person of the Savior. Little by little, without knowing the causes, the soul feels attracted to everything that refers to Him; it feels the need to give Him pleasure, to converse with Him, to unite with Him, since it is a law of nature that one should be happy and proud to resemble the One we esteem and love, soon the soul conceives the desire to imitate Jesus.
He insensibly arrives at a kind of passion for Jesus: his desires, his joy, his glory, the satisfaction of all his aspirations, the end of all his projects, the light of all his steps are in Jesus and in all his divine examples.
Abbé Chautard often suggested the quarter of an hour of holiness: the space of fifteen minutes, throughout the day, in which one proposes to live as saints, with more tenacity than usual.
It will be good for me too; I will establish, about ten minutes during which I will act in the presence of Jesus, in close dependence on Him, listening, asking, denying Him nothing, repeating the exercise often.
Fr. Doyle chose a day during which he proposed to be more careful never to say no to Jesus.
He who returns from communion and immediately abandons himself to his own and usual thoughts, or speaks of useless things, or speaks harshly, etc., he does not show that he has been close to the Person of Jesus; that he had seen him confined on the Cross during Holy Mass; he was not surprised to have received him in his heart, perhaps even in his hands, he does not show that he feels that adorable Person present in him with the sacrosanct humanity.
His communion was not a personal encounter: its sanctifying efficacy remains greatly reduced. If we had the living faith, the faith that the saints have, we would see Jesus as they did. "There are priests who see him every day at Mass" (St. Curé Dars).
Those who have communicated with Jesus must live as he speaks, be the first to carry out what he asks of others because this is precisely what Jesus did. What a blessing for souls who see in the consecrated person a life in conformity with the principles of the Gospel, an exact imitation of Jesus..
INVOCATIONS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
Come, come, come, Lord,
come from any part of heaven
or from the depths of the earth
or from the depths of ourselves, it
doesn't matter, but come,
if we only shouted: come!
Come Jesus, come Jesus.
Then as the lightning darts from the east to
the west, so will his coming
be and he will ride on the clouds;
and the sea will go out of its borders,
and the sun will give no more
light neacute; the moon, its light
and the stars will fall,
the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Come Jesus, come Jesus.
And let the Spirit and the bride say: Come!
And let the listener say: come!
And let him who is thirsty come,
let him who wants to draw water of life
to wet his lips and continue to cry out: come!
Then He will not even have to say
"here I am coming" because they are acute; already comes.
Come Jesus, come Jesus.
Is that so! Come, Lord Jesus,
come into our night,
this very high night,
the long invincible night,
and this silence of the world
where only this word is heard;
not even a brother
knows the face of his brother,
so thick is the darkness;
but only this voice,
this one voice,
this one voice is heard.
Come Jesus, come Jesus.
Come, come, Lord!
Then everything will
be rekindled in its light
and the former heaven
and the earth before will
be no more and there will be no more snow; mourning;
a cry of pain,
because they are acute; the former things will
pass away and every tear will be wiped from our eyes,
because they are acute; even death will be no more.
Come Jesus, come Jesus.
