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Chapter 48SpirCombat.1.48

Un altro modo di pregare meditando

Meditation on the Passion

The author introduces a method of prayer that focuses on the merits and obedience of Christ during His Passion to intercede for grace.

You can also pray and meditate in another way. After carefully considering the Lord's afflictions and reflecting on the readiness of spirit with which He endured them, you'll move on to two other considerations: one regarding His merit, and the other concerning the pleasure and glory that the eternal Father received from the perfect obedience of His crucified Son. (Philippians 2:8; Ephesians 5:8). By presenting these two things to His divine Majesty, you'll ask for the grace you desire based on them. You can do this not only in each mystery of the Lord's Passion, but in every specific interior and exterior act He performed within each one.

Read the original Latin

Potrai anche pregare e meditare in un altro modo.

Dopo aver considerato attentamente le afflizioni del Si-gnore e visto col pensiero la prontezza d'animo con cui le sosteneva, dalla grandezza dei suoi travagli e dalla sua pazienza passerai a due altre considerazioni: l'una del suo merito; l'altra del compiacimento e della gloria che l'eter-no Padre riceveva dalla perfetta obbedienza del suo Fi-gliuolo crocifisso (cfr. Fil 2,8; Eb 5,8).

Presentando a sua divina Maestà queste due cose, in virtù di esse chiederai la grazia che desideri. E potrai fare ciò non solo in ciascun mistero della passione del Signo-re, ma in ogni atto particolare interiore ed esteriore da lui fatto in ciascun mistero.

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