Moments with the consoling Christ/Christ Our Bountiful Good

by Thomas a Kempis

Christ our Bountiful Good

I will show thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee. Verily to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God. — Mi. 6:8.

O LORD my God, Thou art all my good; and who am I that I should dare to speak to Thee?

I AM Thy most poor servant, and a wretched little worm, much more poor and contemptible than I can conceive or dare express.

YET remember, Lord, that I am nothing, I have nothing, and can do nothing.

THOU alone art good, just, and holy; Thou canst do all things; Thou givest all things; Thou fillest all things, leaving only the sinner empty.

REMEMBER Thy tender mercies, and fill my heart with Thy grace, Thou who wilt not that Thy works should be void.

HOW can I support myself in this wretched life, unless Thy mercy and grace strengthen me?

TURN not away Thy face from me; delay not Thy visitation, withdraw not Thy comfort, lest my soul become as earth without water to Thee.

O LORD, teach me to do Thy will; teach me to converse worthily and humbly in Thy sight; for Thou art my wisdom; Thou knowest me in the truth, and didst know me before the world was made, and before I was born in the world.

LORD, teach me, I beseech Thee, the way of truth, that I may always seek Thee in simplicity of heart.

LET Thy Truth teach me, let it guard me, and preserve me unto a happy end.

LET it deliver me from all evil affection and inordinate love, and I shall walk with Thee in great freedom of heart.