MEDITATIONS
To all of you, dear Companions, who have done me the honor of
selecting my path, I offer these exercises of apprenticeship while awaiting the
authorization to transmit to you all that has been given to me. May you
perceive, through my humble words, the One Who has sent His Angels to
unite us.
May we, henceforth, walk along together in the shadow of His
splendor.
These themes are arranged in groups of four. In each series there ismeditation upon one aspect of Christ's life (Nos. 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.) which is
commented upon by the three succeeding meditations on the moral life of the
disciple; these three relating to the first. Thus a partial synthesis may be
realized every four weeks.
Later on, a Friend will probably be able to transform this rough draft
into a complete manual for every day of the year. This will be done easily by
condensing the gospels of the Evangelists, just as Catholic liturgy does, and
dividing them among the well-known periods, such as:
a
The Preparation for the Birth of the Word within us (Advent),
Mystical Christmas,
Epiphany.
The Childhood of Christ.
The Mission of Christ (Ash Wednesday, Lent).
The Passion (Holy Week).
Easter (Resurrection, Emmaüs ).
Ascension.
Pentecost (Whitsuntide).
Assumption
The Apostolic life of the disciple.
The permanent and invisible Life of the Master.
All Saints' Day.
Obviously, this little book neither takes the place of prayer, nor of
charitable acts; neither to resisting temptations, nor to the advice of
enlightened men. This is but one path among others; but since its intensive use
will give us self-knowledge, and since the greatest obstacle to our perfection
is ourselves, this means may become efficacious, even surpassing our hopes.
MsSVig
To all of you, dear Companions, who have done me the honor of
selecting my path, I offer these exercises of apprenticeship while awaiting the
authorization to transmit to you all that has been given to me. May you
perceive, through my humble words, the One Who has sent His Angels to
unite us.
May we, henceforth, walk along together in the shadow of His
splendor.
These themes are arranged in groups of four. In each series there ismeditation upon one aspect of Christ's life (Nos. 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.) which is
commented upon by the three succeeding meditations on the moral life of the
disciple; these three relating to the first. Thus a partial synthesis may be
realized every four weeks.
Later on, a Friend will probably be able to transform this rough draft
into a complete manual for every day of the year. This will be done easily by
condensing the gospels of the Evangelists, just as Catholic liturgy does, and
dividing them among the well-known periods, such as:
a
The Preparation for the Birth of the Word within us (Advent),
Mystical Christmas,
Epiphany.
The Childhood of Christ.
The Mission of Christ (Ash Wednesday, Lent).
The Passion (Holy Week).
Easter (Resurrection, Emmaüs ).
Ascension.
Pentecost (Whitsuntide).
Assumption
The Apostolic life of the disciple.
The permanent and invisible Life of the Master.
All Saints' Day.
Obviously, this little book neither takes the place of prayer, nor of
charitable acts; neither to resisting temptations, nor to the advice of
enlightened men. This is but one path among others; but since its intensive use
will give us self-knowledge, and since the greatest obstacle to our perfection
is ourselves, this means may become efficacious, even surpassing our hopes.
MsSVig