You are Christ (Prayer)
You
are Christ, my Holy Father, my Tender God, my Great King,
my Good Shepherd, my Only Master, my Best Helper, my Most Beautiful
and my Beloved, my Living Bread, my Priest Forever, my Leader to my
Country, my True Light, my Holy Sweetness, my Straight Way, my Excellent Wisdom,
my Pure Simplicity, my Peaceful Harmony, my Entire Protection,
my Good Portion, my Everlasting Salvation.
Christ
Jesus, Sweet Lord, why have I ever loved, why in my whole life have I
ever desired anything except You, Jesus my God? Where was I when I was not
in spirit with You? Now, from this time forth, do you, all
my desires, grow hot, and flow out upon the Lord Jesus: run... you have been tardy until now; hasten
where you are going; seek Whom you are seeking. O, Jesus may he who loves You not be an anathema; may he who
loves You not be filled with bitterness.
O,
Sweet Jesus, may every good feeling that is fitted for Your praise, love
You, delight in You, adore You! God of my heart, and my Portion, Christ Jesus, may my heart faint away in spirit, and may
You be my Life within me! May the live coal of Your Love grow hot
within my spirit and break forth into a perfect fire; may it burn incessantly
on the altar of my heart; may it glow in my innermost being; may it blaze in
hidden recesses of my soul; and in the days of my consummation may I be found
consummated with You!
Amen.
