Saint Cajetan, priest
St. Cajetan, priest |
August 7
From a letter by Saint Cajetan, priest
Christ
dwells in our hearts by Faith
I am a sinner and do not think much of myself; I have
recourse to the greatest servants of the Lord, that they may pray for you to the
blessed Christ and His Mother.
But do
not forget that all the saints
can not endear you to Christ
as much as you can
yourself.
It is entirely up to you.
If you want Christ to love you
and help you,
you must love Him
and always make an effort to please Him.
Do not waver in your purpose, because even if
all the saints and every single creature should abandon you, He will always be
near you, whatever your needs.
You know, of course, that we are pilgrims in this world, on
a journey to our true home in heaven.
The man who becomes proud loses his way and rushes to death. While living here we should strive to gain
eternal life. Yet or ourselves we cannot
achieve this since we have lost it through sin; but Jesus Christ ha recovered
it for us. For this reason we must
always be grateful to Him and love Him.
We must always obey Him, and as far as possible remain united with Him.
He has offered Himself
to be our food.
How wretched is the man
who knows nothing of
such a gift!
To us has been given the
opportunity
to receive Christ, son of the Virgin Mary,
and we refuse Him.
Woe to the man who does
not care enough to
receive Him.
My daughter, I want what is
good for myself; I beg the same for you.
Now there is no other way to bring this about than to ask the Virgin
Mary constantly to come to you with her glorious Son. Be bold!
Ask her to give you her Son, Who in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar
is truly food of your soul. Readily will
she give HI to you, still more readily will He come to you, giving you the
strength to make your way fearlessly through this dark wood. In it large numbers of our enemies lie in
wait, but they cannot reach us if they see us relying on such powerful help.
Nor, my child, must you receive Jesus Christ simply as a
means to further your own plans;
I want you to surrender to Him, that He may
welcome you and, as your divine Saviour, do to you and in you whatever He
wills.
This is what I want, this is what
I beg of you, this, as far as I can, is what I compel you to do.
taken from Liturgy of the Hours Weeks 18-34
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