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content me You who Love me so much, continue to send me
Light. O! my Sun, my beautiful One, I want to enter right into
the Centre, that I may remain completely sunken within this
Most Pure Light. O! Divine Sun, let this Light precede me in
front of me, follow me behind me, surround me everywhere,
and penetrate into every intimate hiding place of my interior,
that my terrestrial being may be consumed, and You may
transform it completely into Your Divine Being.
Most Holy Virgin, lovable Mother, come to my aid,
obtain for me from Your sweet Jesus and mine, Grace and
Strength in order to do this Obedience. Saint Joseph, my dear
Protector, assist me in this circumstance of mine. Archangel
Saint Michael, defend me from the infernal enemy, who puts
so many obstacles in my mind to make me fail this obedience.
Archangel Saint Rafael, and you, My Guardian Angel, come
to assist me and to accompany me, to direct my hand, that I
may write the Truth alone.
May everything be for the Honour and Glory of God and
to me, all the bewilderment. O! Holy Spouse, come to my help.
In considering the many Graces You have given to my soul, I
feel all horrified and frightened, all full of bewilderment and
shame at seeing myself still so bad and unrequiting of Your
Graces. But, my lovable and sweet Jesus, forgive me, do not
withdraw from me, but continue to pour Your Grace into me,
that You may make of me a Triumph of Your Mercy.
I begin. A Novena of Holy Christmas. At the age of about
seventeen, I prepared myself for the Feast of Holy Christmas,
by practicing various acts of virtues and mortification, and,
especially, by honouring the nine months which Jesus spent in
the Maternal Womb with nine hours of meditation each day,
always concerning the Mystery of the Incarnation.
As for example, in one hour, with my thought, I brought
myself to Paradise, and I imagined the Most Holy Trinity: the
Father, sending the Son upon earth; the Son, promptly obeying
the Will of the Father; the Holy Spirit, consenting. My mind
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