Prayers and prayerful spiritual reflections

Vision of Blessed Augustine Pocket Psalter Soul-saving reflections with prayerful appeals to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Theotokos 1. Calling on Almighty God to acquire a virtuous life 2. Accusing man and praising the mercy of God 3. Complaints of a man whom God does not heed for disobedience 4. Fear of the Judge 5. The Father is called through the Son 6. Man presents to God the Father the suffering of the Son as an atoning sacrifice for himself 7. Man recognizes himself as the cause of the suffering of the Son 8. The suffering of the Son of God on the cross is the reason for the reconciliation of man with God 9. The invocation of the Holy Spirit 10. The prayerful appeal of the humble servant of God 11. Prayer to the Holy Trinity 12. Confession of Almighty God 13. About how God the Father was pleased to help the human race, and about the incarnation of the Word 14. About the hope that the soul should have in the Lord Jesus 15. About the immeasurable love of the Eternal God the Father for the human race 16. About the two natures in Jesus Christ, who has mercy on us and intercedes for us 17. About the gratitude that man owes for redemption 18. Prayerful appeal to Jesus Christ 19. The difference between the wisdom of the house of God and the wisdom of God 20. About heavenly Jerusalem 21. About what sorrows Life is filled 22. About the blessed life that God has prepared for those who love Him 23. About the bliss of the holy soul migrating from this world 24. Prayerful appeal to the saints for help in misfortunes 25. The longing of the soul for the heavenly Jerusalem 26. Continuous praise to God 27. What it means to see the invisible God in some way 28. About the properties of the being of God 29. About the trinity of divine Persons and the unity of the Divine 30. Prayerful appeal to the Holy Trinity 31. God is the true and highest Life 32. Praise of angels and people to God 33. Man’s complaint on the fact that from the contemplation of God he does not come into contrition 34. A request for the gift of ardent love for God 35. For love for Christ 36. A prayer that causes contrition of the heart 37. An appeal to God in sorrow 38. A prayer appeal to Jesus Christ, the Son of God 39. A prayer appeal to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos, angels and saints 40. Remembering the suffering of Christ Conversations of the soul with God (abbreviated) 1. I am looking for You, my Life: I am dying without You (About the sweetness of knowing God) 2. I will tell you my poverty: help Your creation (About the frailty of human nature) 3. Oh, my Light, enlighten my darkness! (About the wondrous light of the Divine) 4. Woe to me without You, Lord! (About the deadness of human nature) 5. Without You I am nothing! (What does it mean to be nothing?) 6. Without You, my enemies have overcome me. (About the fall of the soul in sins) 7. Where do I get this from, that You loved me so much, Lord? (About the manifold blessings of God) 8. According to Your sole goodness, I am a rational creation (About the omnipotence of God) 9. It is not for me to praise You: You Yourself are my praise! (On praising God) 10. By goodness you created me, by goodness you will save me. (About placing trust in God) 11. Many snares, many enemies: do not leave me (About the nets of lust) 12. Oh, my Light! Without You I am in darkness: shine on me! (About human poverty and about the good deeds of God) 13. You see everything: how can I not be afraid of You? (That God considers the deeds and intentions of men) 14. Glory to you, O Lord; we are ashamed (about the fact that man himself is powerless without the grace of God) 15. We ourselves cannot be saved from the enemy: save yourself! (About various temptations from the devil) 16. Without You, we cannot recognize the enemy’s snares: Show them yourself! 17. Everything is from You: how can I not thank You?! (About the blessings of God) 18. Oh, flaming Love! Inflame me with Love for You! (About ardent love for God) 19. Everything is for man, so that the whole man may be for You. (That God gave everything to serve man) 20. If there are many blessings here, then what will it be like there? (From the consideration of temporary blessings the superiority of heavenly ones is known) 21. The sweetness of my soul! I don’t want any other consolation except You! (Divine sweetness destroys temporary bitterness) 22. Without You we cannot enter Your eternal abodes! (All our hope and desire of the heart should be directed towards God) 23. You are my hope: whether I want or not, save me! (Our salvation depends on God) 24. From experience I see that I can’t do anything: You save! (To accomplish good deeds, human will alone is not enough without the grace of God) 25. I languish in the uncertainty of the future: My hope, do not leave me! (About the ancient blessings of God) 26. For the sake of Thy love for us, Thy angels love us as their brothers (About guardian angels) 27. The only pure one, who is pure before You, if You Yourself do not cleanse Your chosen ones? (About God's foreknowledge) 28. I tremble at the thought of how changeable man is and how righteous You are, Judge of the earth! (On the incomprehensibility of God’s destinies) 29. You alone can satisfy the desire of my soul and no one else but You (The soul of the righteous is the sanctuary of God) 30. I looked for You in the world, but found only in myself, for You Yourself revealed Yourself to me (Neither external nor internal feelings can one find God) 31. I recognized You in the glorified Trinity and worship You (Confession true faith) 32. I did not look for You - You sought me: I thank You, my Enlightener! (Confession of one’s spiritual blindness) 33. Mysterious God! Enlighten my eyes, that I may see You face to face! (About the greatness of God) 34. When I come and appear before Your face, my God! (About the longing of the soul for God) 35. Then I will be satisfied (About the glory of the kingdom of heaven) 36. I knock - open to me, Lord! (Prayerful sighing to the Most Holy Trinity) Handbook 1. About the wondrous being of God 2. About the ineffable omniscience of God 3. About the yearning of the soul for God 4. About the poverty of the soul that does not love and does not seek our Lord Jesus Christ 5. The spiritual desire of a Christian 6. About the bliss of the soul freed from earthly prison 7. About the joy of heavenly life 8. About the kingdom of heaven 9. About the consolation of God in sorrow 10. About the sweetness of love for God 11. About preparation for the sacrament of communion 12. About the joy of Divine 13. Our hope is the incarnate Word 14. Sweet is contemplation of God 15. One must even desire disasters in earthly life for the sake of future bliss with Christ 16. How can one receive the kingdom of heaven? 17. What is heaven? 18. Man cannot repay God for His blessings with anything other than love 19. About imitation of God 20. About the hope of a God-loving soul 21. What has God done for man? 22. Remembering the plagues of our Lord Jesus Christ 23. Remembering the wounds of Christ is a real cure against all disasters 24. Conversation with your soul about love for Christ 25. Nothing can satisfy the soul except the Highest Good 26. What does the knowledge of truth consist of? 27. About the action of the Holy Spirit in us 28. About the morals and actions of a God-loving person 29. About true peace of heart 30. We should avoid everything that removes us from God 31. About the loss of vision of God and about spiritual poverty 32. About the goodness of God 33. About spiritual joy when thinking about God 34. About the fact that the soul should strive for the Highest Good 35. About the mutual love of saints 36. About the inexhaustible joy of eternal life You might be interested in: