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Meditation
1) Place yourself in the presence of God.
2) Ask for the grace of a deep self-knowledge. “Lord, let me know myself.”
3) Read the text below and then spend a brief period of time reflecting on it.
What is sin? (Of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Way of Salvation)
Sin is an offense against God, Its damage has infinite gravity, since it offends God who is infinitely good. Mortal sin breaks the friendship that unites us to our Creator.
Saint Alphonsus teaches: “The sinner, when he is deliberating whether or not to consent to sin, so to speak, takes a balance and sets out to see, which is worth more: the grace of God, or that outburst of anger, that interest, that pleasure. When he then gives his consent to the temptation, what does he do? He says that miserable pleasure is worth more than the grace of God. Here is how he dishonors God, declaring with his consent that miserable pleasure is worth more than divine friendship.
So, my God, so many times have I dishonored you, postponing you for my miserable pleasures.
If the sinner were to exchange God for a treasure of precious stones, or for a kingdom, he would do great evil, because God is worth infinitely more than all the treasures and kingdoms of the earth. But why do so many do this? They exchange God for smoke, for a bit of land, for a poisoned pleasure, which, hardly enjoyed, fades.
Oh my God! How many times have I also been able to pour my heart into such vile goods as to despise you; how much you have loved me? I do not want to go anymore without your grace. I would rather die than offend you again with another sin.
Mary, Mother of God, receive my plea; intercede for me so that I will always be of God, always my God.”
4) Pray the Litany of the Holy Spirit
Meditation
1) Place yourself in the presence of God.
2) Ask for the grace of a deep self-knowledge. “Lord, let me know myself.”
3) Read the text below and then spend a brief period of time reflecting on it.
What is sin? (Of Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Way of Salvation)
Sin is an offense against God, Its damage has infinite gravity, since it offends God who is infinitely good. Mortal sin breaks the friendship that unites us to our Creator.
Saint Alphonsus teaches: “The sinner, when he is deliberating whether or not to consent to sin, so to speak, takes a balance and sets out to see, which is worth more: the grace of God, or that outburst of anger, that interest, that pleasure. When he then gives his consent to the temptation, what does he do? He says that miserable pleasure is worth more than the grace of God. Here is how he dishonors God, declaring with his consent that miserable pleasure is worth more than divine friendship.
So, my God, so many times have I dishonored you, postponing you for my miserable pleasures.
If the sinner were to exchange God for a treasure of precious stones, or for a kingdom, he would do great evil, because God is worth infinitely more than all the treasures and kingdoms of the earth. But why do so many do this? They exchange God for smoke, for a bit of land, for a poisoned pleasure, which, hardly enjoyed, fades.
Oh my God! How many times have I also been able to pour my heart into such vile goods as to despise you; how much you have loved me? I do not want to go anymore without your grace. I would rather die than offend you again with another sin.
Mary, Mother of God, receive my plea; intercede for me so that I will always be of God, always my God.”
4) Pray the Litany of the Holy Spirit
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