Eucharistic Reflection - Lord, Despise Not Your Poor Creature

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"O Unfathomable Good, that fills heaven and earth, incline Yourself graciously this day, and despise not Your poor creature. Lord, if I am not worthy of You, yet do I stand in need of You. Ah, gentle Lord, are You not He Who with one word created heaven and earth? Lord with one word can You not restore health to my sick soul? O Lord, do unto me according to Your grace, according to Your infinite mercy and according to my deserts."

(Blessed Henry Suso, O.P. A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom)

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