Quote/s of the Day – 27 December – St John the Beloved

Quote/s of the Day – 27 December – St John the Apostle and Evangelist, the Beloved

The disciple who
“entered into the Mystery of God,
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge …”
Col 2:2-3

“The Lord Jesus loved this disciple
more than all the others …
and opened the secrets of Heaven to him …
to make of him the author
of that profound Mystery
which man can say nothing about, of himself:
the Mystery of the Word, God’s Utterance,
the Word made flesh.
… While He loved all His disciples
and especially Peter,
with a love in mind and soul,
our Lord loved John
with the love of His Heart …. ”

Rupert of Deutz (c1075- c1130)
Benedictine Monk, Theologian and Writer

Indulgenced Prayer to St John
(Indulgence 200 days, once a day,
Pope Leo XIII, 1897)

O Glorious Apostle,
who, on account of thy virginal purity,
wast so beloved by Jesus
as to deserve to lay thy head
upon His Divine breast
and to be left, in His place,
as son to His most holy Mother;
I beg thee to inflame me
with a most ardent love for Jesus and Mary.
Obtain for me from Our Lord
that I, too, with a heart
purified from earthly affections,
may be made worthy,
to be ever united to Jesus.
as a faithful disciple
and to Mary, as a devoted child,,
both here on earth
and eternally in Heaven.
Amen.