Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Praying the Office
"As to the Office, there are
three ways of saying it, equally easy and solid. The first is to keep yourself in the presence
of God and to say the Office with great recollection in union with Him, occasionally raising
your mind and heart to Him. Those who can say it thus need not trouble to alter their
method. The second way is to attend to the words in union with the mind of the Church,
praying as she prays, sighing when she sighs, and deriving all the instruction from it; praising,
adoring, thanking, according to the different meanings of the verses we are pronouncing.
The third way is to reflect humbly that you are actually united to holy souls in praising God
and in desiring to share their holy dispositions. You should prostrate yourself in spirit at
their feet, believing that they are much more full of piety and fervour than yourself. These
feelings are very pleasing to His divine Majesty, and we cannot be too deeply impressed with them." Abandonment to Divine Providence (Spiritual Counsels of Fr. De Caussade),
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