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« on: May 27, 2012, 06:54:39 AM »
To Jesus My Friend
by St. Claude de la Colombiere

Jesus! You are my true Friend, my only Friend. You take a part in all my misfortunes; You take them on Yourself; You know how to change them into blessings; You listen to me with the greatest kindness when I relate my troubles to You, and You have always balm to pour on my wounds.
I find You at all times; I find You everywhere, You never go away: if I have to change my dwelling, I find You there wherever I go. You are never weary of listening to me, You are never tired of doing me good. I am certain of being beloved by You, if I love You; my goods are nothing to You, and by bestowing Yours on me, You never grow poor; however miserable I may be, no one nobler or cleverer or even holier can come between You and me, and deprive me of Your friendship; and death, which tears us away from all other friends, will unite me forever to You. All the humiliations attached to old age, or to the loss of honor, will never detach You from me; on the contrary, I shall never enjoy You more fully, and You will never be closer to me than when everything seems to conspire against me to overwhelm me and to cast me down. You bear with all my faults with extreme patience, and even my want of fidelity and my ingratitude do not wound You to such a degree as to make You unwilling to receive me when I return to You. O Jesus, grant that I may die praising You, that I may die loving You, that I may die for the love of you.

Amen.
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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2012, 04:19:10 PM »
Amen.  Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 09:50:06 AM »
Beautiful prayer!! Emailed it to a friend much in need  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 04:10:18 PM »
Quote from: Patricia on June 04, 2012, 09:50:06 AM
Beautiful prayer!! Emailed it to a friend much in need  Smiley

I hope that Jesus will help your friend through that prayer.
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« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 04:44:14 AM »
Deo gratias.  Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2014, 03:38:29 AM »
I saw this prayer again today in my prayer collection. It touched me just as it did the first time
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Inspirational Quotes from the saints:
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“Late have I loved Thee,
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St. Augustine of Hippo
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2014, 04:06:04 AM »
Amen.  cross prayer
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2014, 09:59:57 AM »
Jesus Is A True Friend

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
 
St. Teresa of Avila
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Inspirational Quotes from the saints:
'If men but knew Thee, O my God!'
St. Ignatius of Loyola
“Late have I loved Thee,
 O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
 late have I loved Thee!......”
St. Augustine of Hippo
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« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2014, 11:18:52 PM »
A quote that gives a person fortitude! Cheesy
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