by Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1907–1991)
Nothing is more practical
than finding God,
than falling in Love
in a quite absolute, final way.What you are in love with,
what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.It will decide
what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekends,
what you read, whom you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.Fall in Love, stay in love,
and it will decide everything.
Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Mystical Rose,
make intercession for holy Church,
protect the sovereign Pontiff,
help all those who invoke you in their necessities,
and since you are the ever Virgin Mary
and Mother of the true God,
obtain for us from your most holy Son
the grace of keeping our faith,
of sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life
of burning charity, and the precious gift
of final perseverance.
Amen.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
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