Praying from the feeling of Jesus
“In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5)
Dear friend, I propose that you enter the Holy of Holies within Jesus, to try to discover and reproduce His same feelings and the height of His dedication and love for the Father.
The first thing is to enter a state of reverent stillness and silence, both outward and inward. Empty yourself of everything that comes to you or disturbs your mind… Until you feel within you and all around you, peace … silence… stillness…
Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you ever more inward, toward intimacy with Jesus; and thus, be able to try to sense and relive His interiority and the harmony of His feelings and words when He prayed to God the Father. Being at this level of intimacy with Jesus, the Father will see in you His beloved Son.
Holy Spirit, guide me, Divine Light; lead me ever further, deeper into myself and into the interiority of Jesus.
Dear friend, a lovingly desire directed to God is more beneficial to all creation than many pious and well-intentioned ideas. Therefore, the essential element in prayer, and above all in this one, is love. It does not have to be a sensitive love; what is essential is the loving impulse, freely given, that leads me to God. To remain only with Him. This was the constant in Jesus’ prayer.
So, at this moment, having the same feelings as Jesus, enthrone God in your mind, so that there is no other thought; and in your heart, to desire nothing inferior to Him. Wrap yourself in a gentle and loving silence.
As you will see, this prayer is eminently Trinitarian: Jesus Christ, who lives in me, is the one who prays to the Father, in a loving relationship, which is the Holy Spirit.
That is why, in this Trinitarian and loving union, slowly say the following prayer:
Once more, Lord, we live a profound intimacy.
Each one of us feels his life marvelously invaded by your life.
We are now living the adventure of your life in our life,
Your strength in our weakness, your vigor in our helplessness.
Your light has entered the paths of my being. You are the light of my path.
I know that only in your light, Lord, will I be able to build my life beautifully.
I know You live in the light, and that You have passed on some of this light to us. But unfortunately, all is darkness on our part.
I implore you, Lord: open my eyes. In this instant of honesty, I am sure,
Lord, I am certain I want to see.
Let your light penetrate my darkness, now. Light. Clarity. Brightness. Blinging Light. Transparent Clearness. Illuminating Flash. I want to see, Lord. I want to see. Amen.
Prayer E-3 “Illuminating Light”
Now dear friend, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, immerse yourself in the interior of Jesus, always facing His beloved Father. And alongside him, you too become a beloved son of the Father, open wide the doors of your interiority and pray to the Father from Jesus, this priestly prayer so inspired that He raised to the Father at the Last Supper.
- Father, glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you.
- Eternal life is that they may know You, the only God, and your Son whom You have sent.
- I have glorified You on Earth, fulfilling what You entrusted to me.
- Now glorify me Yourself, at your side, with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
- I have manifested your name to the men whom You gave me from the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to me; and they have kept Your Word.
- They have known that all that You have given me comes from You.
- They have known that I came from You, and that You sent me.
- I pray for those You have given me, for they are Yours.
- All that is mine is Yours, and what is Yours is mine.
- I am coming to You. I ask You to keep them, so that they may be one, as You and I are one.
- I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
- They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- Sanctify them in the Truth. Your Word is the Truth.
- As You sent me, I also send them into the world.
- I do not pray only for them but also for those who will believe in me through their word.
- That all may be one, as You, Father, are in me, and I in them.
- That they also may be one as we are, so that the world may believe that You sent me.
- Father, I want those You have given me to be with me, so that they may see the glory You have given me. For You have loved me from the foundation of the world.
Dear friend, up to this point you have placed yourself inside Jesus, to pray to from there to the Father; but before returning to your daily life and re-entering the world, ask the Lord Jesus Christ to dwell in you, so that you can think, look, speak, act, and love as He does.
Lord Jesus Christ, may your presence overwhelm my total being and your likeness be engraved with fire in my heart, so that I may walk in the light of your image, think as You thought, feel as You felt, behave the way You behaved, talk as you talked, dream as You dreamed and love as You loved.
May I like You, be unconcerned about myself in order to be concerned for others, to be insensitive to myself and sensitive towards others, to sacrifice myself and at the same time, encourage and give hope to others.
May I like You be sensitive and merciful, patient, meek, and humble, genuine and true. That your favorites, the poor, may also be my favorites; your goals become my goals. That seeing me, others may see You. And that I may be a transparency of Your Being and your Love. Amen.
Prayer E-48 “In the Lightness of Jesus”
To love is to give everything and to give oneself.
Song S-26 “To Love”