THE
PRAYER FOR DIVINE LOVE.
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THOU ART ALL HOLY AND
LOVING AND MERCIFUL, AND THAT WE ARE THY
CHILDREN, AND NOT THE SUBSERVIENT,
SINFUL AND DEPRAVED CREATURES THAT OUR
FALSE TEACHERS WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE.
THAT WE ARE THE GREATEST OF THY
CREATIONS, AND THE MOST WONDERFUL OF ALL
THY HANDIWORKS, AND THE OBJECTS OF THY
GREAT SOUL'S LOVE AND TENDEREST CARE.
THAT
THY WILL IS THAT WE BECOME AT-ONE WITH
THEE AND PARTAKE OF THY GREAT LOVE WHICH
THOU HAST BESTOWED UPON US THROUGH THY
MERCY AND DESIRE THAT WE BECOME, IN
TRUTH, THY CHILDREN THROUGH LOVE, AND
NOT THROUGH THE SACRIFICE AND DEATH OF
ANY OF THY CREATURES.
WE PRAY
THAT THOU WILL OPEN UP OUR SOULS TO THE
INFLOWING OF THY LOVE, AND THAT THEN
WILL COME THY HOLY SPIRIT TO BRING INTO
OUR SOULS THIS, THY DIVINE LOVE, IN
GREAT ABUNDANCE, UNTIL OUR SOULS SHALL
BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE VERY ESSENCE OF
THYSELF; AND THAT THERE WILL COME TO US
FAITH—SUCH FAITH AS WILL CAUSE US TO
REALIZE THAT WE ARE TRULY THY CHILDREN
AND ONE WITH THEE IN VERY SUBSTANCE, AND
NOT IN IMAGE ONLY.
LET US
HAVE SUCH FAITH AS WILL CAUSE US TO KNOW
THAT THOU ART OUR FATHER, AND THE
BESTOWER OF EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT,
AND THAT ONLY WE, OURSELVES, CAN PREVENT
THY LOVE CHANGING US FROM THE MORTAL
INTO THE IMMORTAL.
LET US
NEVER CEASE TO REALIZE THAT THY LOVE IS
WAITING FOR EACH AND ALL OF US, AND,
THAT WHEN WE COME TO THEE IN FAITH AND
EARNEST ASPIRATION, THY LOVE WILL NEVER
BE WITHHOLDEN FROM US.
KEEP US
IN THE SHADOW OF THY LOVE EVERY HOUR AND
MOMENT OF OUR LIVES, AND HELP US TO
OVERCOME ALL TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH,
AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE POWERS OF THE
EVIL ONES WHO SO CONSTANTLY SURROUND US
AND ENDEAVOR TO TURN OUR THOUGHTS AWAY
FROM THEE TO THE PLEASURES AND
ALLUREMENTS OF THIS WORLD.
WE
THANK THEE FOR THY LOVE AND THE
PRIVILEGE OF RECEIVING IT, AND WE
BELIEVE THAT THOU ART OUR FATHER—THE
LOVING FATHER WHO SMILES UPON US IN OUR
WEAKNESS, AND IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP US
AND TAKE US TO THY ARMS OF LOVE.
WE PRAY
THUS WITH ALL THE EARNESTNESS AND
SINCERE LONGINGS OF OUR SOULS, AND,
TRUSTING IN THY LOVE, GIVE THEE ALL THE
GLORY AND HONOR AND LOVE THAT OUR FINITE
SOULS CAN GIVE.
Amen. |