Darts of Fire: OR PROOFS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN US OF HIS LOVE IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION by St. Alphonsus Liguori XVI. Ipse autem vulneratus est propter iniquitates nostras, attritus est propter scelera nostra. "But He was wounded for our iniquities, He was bruised for sins."-----Isa. liii. 5 One single blow suffered by this Man-God was sufficient for the sins of the whole world; but Jesus Christ was not satisfied with that; He wished to be wounded and bruised for our iniquities, which means to say, wounded and torn from head to foot, so that there should be no whole part remaining in His sacred Body. Hence the same prophet beheld Him full of sores like a leper. And we have thought Him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted. [Isa. liii. 4] O wounds of my sorrowful Jesus, thou are all living evidences of the love which my Redeemer preserves for me; with tender words do thou forceth me to love Him for the many sufferings that He has undergone for the love of me. Ah, my sweet Jesus, when shall I give myself all to Thee, as Thou hast given Thyself all to me? I love Thee, my sovereign good. I love Thee, my God, lover of my soul. O God of love, give me love. By my love let me atone to Thee for the bitterness I have given Thee in times past. Help me to drive from my heart everything that does not tend to Thy love. Eternal Father, look at the face of Thy Christ, [Ps. lxxxiii. 10] look at the wounds of Thy Son, which seek pity for me, and for their sake pardon me the outrages that I have committed against Thee; take my heart entirely to Thyself, that it may not love, seek, nor sigh after any other but Thee. I say to Thee, with St. Ignatius, "Give me only love of Thee and Thy grace and I am rich enough." Behold this is all I ask of Thee, O God of my soul; give me Thy love, together with Thy grace, and I desire nothing else. O Mary, Mother of God, intercede for me. The Back spray takes you to the previous page and the Forward to the next.  E-Mail HOME-----------------------CHILDREN--------------------CHRISTMAS www.catholictradition.org/Christmas/darts-fire16.htm