Ave Maria Meditations
God, I offer You my spiritual aridity and deprivations. I offer You the interior sadness, the injuries, the disappointments of my heart, so much anxiety for the spiritual well-being and the health of those precious to me, and all the many sufferings of life. I offer You darkness of spirit, weakness of will, interior sorrow, and burdens…
(Jesus, You who are) all love, all purity, all tenderness: give me purity of heart, tenderness, and charity. Accept my afflictions and use them for the good of others and for Your glory. May Your blessed hands help me to carry my burdens and may Your love and the union of our hearts relieve my isolation. May it one day, when, by your Grace, we will convert and make holy those dear persons whom I beg You to make Christians and apostles, O Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God.
The Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur
(Her prayers and offerings would, after her death, convert her husband who would become a Dominican priest. Ven. Fulton Sheen would often tell this story)
