Francisco Palau's prayer book "The Month of Mary or Flowers of the Month of May" PRAYER. Lady, I offer and present to you today the azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of justice …More
Francisco Palau's prayer book "The Month of Mary or Flowers of the Month of May"
PRAYER.
Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
I. The lily [azucena] and the great family of lilies
1. The lily, cardinal and chief of all the lilies, is a buried
head: it produces a straight stem, brings forth its bud and
when this burst open the garden gets filled with a very
delicate and exquisite fragrance. The various species of lilies
of different colours and perfumes form family with it.
II. Justice
2. This excellent cardinal virtue is figured by all the
species of flowers that is elongated, like a two-valved vessel
like that of the pea or bean.
To give each one what is due is justice. It has its
companions: religion, prayer, piety, respect, gratitude,
veracity, liberality, and as essential parts the commutative
and distributive justice.
III. Justice in Mary
3. Mary, since her immaculate conception, kept firmly in
mind the salvation of mankind in fulfilment of her high calling.
To pay the debts incurred by sin against the justice of God,
the just tribunal demanded from her a token of infinite value:
she searched for it, she found it, she offered it, and it was
accepted: the victim was sacrificed on the cross and with the
body and blood of her Son, paid for us all our debts and the
divine justice was satisfied. It had to be by this heroism of
love, justice in its highest degree of perfection that required
and demanded our salvation.
IV. [lily] Azucena to Mary
4. Do you owe God something? What do you owe him?
Worship, love, respect, obedience, gratitude and severe
punishment you deserve because of your sins.
Do you want to make atonement for what you owe God?
Truly say yes; because if you will not in this world you will
have to do it in the world to come. God’s justice is just and
inflexible. Do you want to make atonement in this world of
what you owe God? Well then, do it, give God love, and now
present to him through Mary’s hand your resolutions and
intentions, and say to her
:
Presentation of the flower
PRAYER. Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
PRAYER.
Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
I. The lily [azucena] and the great family of lilies
1. The lily, cardinal and chief of all the lilies, is a buried
head: it produces a straight stem, brings forth its bud and
when this burst open the garden gets filled with a very
delicate and exquisite fragrance. The various species of lilies
of different colours and perfumes form family with it.
II. Justice
2. This excellent cardinal virtue is figured by all the
species of flowers that is elongated, like a two-valved vessel
like that of the pea or bean.
To give each one what is due is justice. It has its
companions: religion, prayer, piety, respect, gratitude,
veracity, liberality, and as essential parts the commutative
and distributive justice.
III. Justice in Mary
3. Mary, since her immaculate conception, kept firmly in
mind the salvation of mankind in fulfilment of her high calling.
To pay the debts incurred by sin against the justice of God,
the just tribunal demanded from her a token of infinite value:
she searched for it, she found it, she offered it, and it was
accepted: the victim was sacrificed on the cross and with the
body and blood of her Son, paid for us all our debts and the
divine justice was satisfied. It had to be by this heroism of
love, justice in its highest degree of perfection that required
and demanded our salvation.
IV. [lily] Azucena to Mary
4. Do you owe God something? What do you owe him?
Worship, love, respect, obedience, gratitude and severe
punishment you deserve because of your sins.
Do you want to make atonement for what you owe God?
Truly say yes; because if you will not in this world you will
have to do it in the world to come. God’s justice is just and
inflexible. Do you want to make atonement in this world of
what you owe God? Well then, do it, give God love, and now
present to him through Mary’s hand your resolutions and
intentions, and say to her
:
Presentation of the flower
PRAYER. Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
PRAYER.
Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive …More
PRAYER.
Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
I. The lily [azucena] and the great family of lilies
1. The lily, cardinal and chief of all the lilies, is a buried
head: it produces a straight stem, brings forth its bud and
when this burst open the garden gets filled with a very
delicate and exquisite fragrance. The various species of lilies
of different colours and perfumes form family with it.
II. Justice
2. This excellent cardinal virtue is figured by all the
species of flowers that is elongated, like a two-valved vessel
like that of the pea or bean.
To give each one what is due is justice. It has its
companions: religion, prayer, piety, respect, gratitude,
veracity, liberality, and as essential parts the commutative
and distributive justice.
III. Justice in Mary
3. Mary, since her immaculate conception, kept firmly in
mind the salvation of mankind in fulfilment of her high calling.
To pay the debts incurred by sin against the justice of God,
the just tribunal demanded from her a token of infinite value:
she searched for it, she found it, she offered it, and it was
accepted: the victim was sacrificed on the cross and with the
body and blood of her Son, paid for us all our debts and the
divine justice was satisfied. It had to be by this heroism of
love, justice in its highest degree of perfection that required
and demanded our salvation.
IV. [lily] Azucena to Mary
4. Do you owe God something? What do you owe him?
Worship, love, respect, obedience, gratitude and severe
punishment you deserve because of your sins.
Do you want to make atonement for what you owe God?
Truly say yes; because if you will not in this world you will
have to do it in the world to come. God’s justice is just and
inflexible. Do you want to make atonement in this world of
what you owe God? Well then, do it, give God love, and now
present to him through Mary’s hand your resolutions and
intentions, and say to her
:
Presentation of the flower
PRAYER. Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.
I. The lily [azucena] and the great family of lilies
1. The lily, cardinal and chief of all the lilies, is a buried
head: it produces a straight stem, brings forth its bud and
when this burst open the garden gets filled with a very
delicate and exquisite fragrance. The various species of lilies
of different colours and perfumes form family with it.
II. Justice
2. This excellent cardinal virtue is figured by all the
species of flowers that is elongated, like a two-valved vessel
like that of the pea or bean.
To give each one what is due is justice. It has its
companions: religion, prayer, piety, respect, gratitude,
veracity, liberality, and as essential parts the commutative
and distributive justice.
III. Justice in Mary
3. Mary, since her immaculate conception, kept firmly in
mind the salvation of mankind in fulfilment of her high calling.
To pay the debts incurred by sin against the justice of God,
the just tribunal demanded from her a token of infinite value:
she searched for it, she found it, she offered it, and it was
accepted: the victim was sacrificed on the cross and with the
body and blood of her Son, paid for us all our debts and the
divine justice was satisfied. It had to be by this heroism of
love, justice in its highest degree of perfection that required
and demanded our salvation.
IV. [lily] Azucena to Mary
4. Do you owe God something? What do you owe him?
Worship, love, respect, obedience, gratitude and severe
punishment you deserve because of your sins.
Do you want to make atonement for what you owe God?
Truly say yes; because if you will not in this world you will
have to do it in the world to come. God’s justice is just and
inflexible. Do you want to make atonement in this world of
what you owe God? Well then, do it, give God love, and now
present to him through Mary’s hand your resolutions and
intentions, and say to her
:
Presentation of the flower
PRAYER. Lady, I offer and present to you today the
azucena [lily] and various species of lilies and emblem of
justice and its companions. Prostrated before your
throne I promise and oblige myself to give God what
religion prescribes to me and to my neighbours what the
law commands and to you what you ask from me and
what I owe you, which is love, veneration and gratitude.
Accept my offering; receive, Lady, my flower as sign of
my uprightness and of justice.