Denying Self and Following
I don’t
typically re-blog something that has already been written, but as I was reading
before bed last night, this quote from Blosius the Venerable really spoke to me
and I want to share it. Blosius was a
Benedictine and Abbot. He lived in the
1500’s and was a monk and mystical writer. His formal name is Father Françoise-Louis
de Blois. This excerpt was from the
March edition of Magnificat on page 194.
For more information about the Magnificat publication you can click on www.magnificat.com.
Oh, when will I perfectly
die to myself and be free from all creatures? Oh, would that I were truly meek
of heart and humble; truly poor and naked in spirit. Grant, O Lord, that by
perfect self-denial, perfect mortification of my vices I may arrive at perfect
love of you. You have commanded that I should love you: give what you command
and command what you please, Grant that I may love you with my whole heart, my
whole mind, with all my powers, with my whole soul. Deign to heal and to reform
the powers of my soul, broken and corrupted by sin, by the powers of your most
hold soul. Free my soul from all distracting cares; strip from it the images and
forms of perishable things. Grant me to dwell with you in the sanctuary of my
soul; grant that by steadfast thought, clear knowledge, and fervent love I may always
be able to flow into you.
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