Ave Maria Meditations
O God, how good You are to allow us to call You “Our Father”. Who am I that my Creator, my King, my Master, should allow me to call Him Father? And not only allows me to do so, but commands it!
O God, how good You are! How frequently I should remind myself throughout my whole life of this most precious commandment. What gratitude, what joy, what love, and above all what confidence You inspire in me. And as You are my Father and my God, how perfectly I should always hope in You. And again, as You were so good to me, how good I must to be to others.
O Father, teach me to have Your Name continually on my lips with Jesus, and in Him and through Him; it is my greatest good fortune to be able to say it. Our Father, Our Father, may I live and die saying, “Our Father” and by my gratitude, love and obedience be truly Your loyal son, a son pleasing to Your heart. Amen.
Saint Charles de Foucauld
