Darts of Fire: OR PROOFS THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS GIVEN US OF HIS LOVE IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION by St. Alphonsus Liguori XXV. Dilexit nos, et lavit nos a peccatis nostris in sanguine suo. HHe hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood." ----Apoc. i. 5 So, then, my Jesus, in order to save my soul, Thou hast prepared a bath of Thine Own Blood wherein to cleanse it from the filth of its sins. If, then, our souls have been bought by Thy Blood, For you are bought with a great price, [1 Cor. vi. 20] it is a sign that Thou lovest them much; and as Thou dost love them, let us pray thus to Thee: We therefore pray Thee to help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood. It is true that by my sins I have separated myself from Thee, and have knowingly lost Thee. But remember, my Jesus, that Thou hast bought me with Thy Blood. Ah, may this Blood not have been given in vain for me, which was shed with so much grief and so much love. By my sins I have driven Thee, my God, from my soul, and have merited Thy hatred; but Thou hast said that Thou wouldst forget the crimes of a repentant sinner. But if he do penance . . . I will not remember all his iniquities. [Ezk. xviii. 21] Thou hast further said, I love them that love Me, [Prov. viii. 17] I pray Thee, therefore, my Jesus, to forget all the injuries that I have offered Thee, and love me; whilst I also will now love Thee more than myself, and repent above all things for having offended Thee. Ah, my beloved Lord, for the sake of that Blood which Thou hast shed for the love of me, hate me no longer, but love me. It is not enough for me that Thou shouldst only forgive me the chastisement I deserve. I desire to love Thee and to be loved by Thee. O God, Who art all love, all goodness, unite me and bind me to Thyself, and permit not that I should ever be separated from Thee anymore, and that thus I should deserve Thy hatred. No, my Jesus, my love, let it not be, I will be all Thine, and I desire that Thou shouldst be all mine. 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-fire25.htm