introduction to the devout life john k ryan

for the French words we translate into English as Live Jesus, with the cross in between to remind us of Calvary, the most vivid display of Jesus’ love for us. Paul you can say these holy words, ‘It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me.’ĭe Sales put this at the top of all of his own correspondence, using the abbreviation V.+J. As our beloved Jesus lives in your heart, so too will he live in all your conduct and he will be revealed by your eyes, mouth, hands, yes even the hair on your head. “I have wished above all else to engrave and inscribe on your heart this holy and sacred motto, ‘Live, Jesus!’ I am certain that your life, which comes from the heart just as the almond tree comes from its seed, will thereafter produce all its actions – which are its fruits – inscribed and engraved with this sacred word of salvation. Amen.Īt a later point in the Introduction he advises his reader: Yes, Lord Jesus, live and reign in our hearts forever and ever. …I may forever sing as a canticle of triumph words that with my whole heart I utter in witness of fidelity amid the hazards of this mortal life: In the dedicatory prayer to his classic book Introduction to the Devout Life he asked God that

Most friends of a Visitation Monastery have seen, on documents or correspondence or liturgical programs, the Visitation motto, usually written as Live + Jesus! This motto comes from the words of our Holy Founder, St.

“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” St.

Introduction to the devout life john k ryan