St. Ignatius Brianchaninov | What a wonderful gift...
It is a guarantee of unending, infinite blessings!
It came from the lips of the unlimited God, clothed in limited humanity and called by the human name of Savior. The name by its exterior form is limited, but it represents an unlimited object, God, from Whom it borrows infinite, divine value or worth, the power and properties of God.
O Giver of a priceless, incorruptible gift!
How can we sinful mortals receive the gift?
Neither our hands, nor our mind, nor our heart are capable of receiving it.
Do Thou teach us to know, as far as we are able, the greatness of the gift, and its significance, and the ways of receiving it, and the ways of using it, that we may not approach the gift in a sinful manner, that we may not be punished for indiscretion and audacity, but that for the right understanding and use of the gift, we may receive from Thee other gifts, promised by Thee, known only to Thee.
On the Prayer of Jesus
St. Ignatius Brianchaninov
