Repetition on 3 Men & 3 Kinds of Humility
Note:
This exercise is a repetition [62]. After the preparatory prayer and mental representation, dwell on the points you experienced greater consolation or desolation in previous meditations. The repetition has the purpose of re-considering what was introduced in a previous meditation. Many times the repetition finds additional fruit that was not gained the first time through.
Review of last mediation: Three classes of Men and Three Kinds of Humility.
Preparatory Prayer [46]: I will beg God our Lord for grace that all my intentions, actions, and operations may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty.
Mental Representation: See yourself in the company of the heavenly court, going there as a humble person to request a favor.
Grace: Here, it will be either to request the grace to choose what is more for the glory of His Divine Majesty and the salvation of my soul, or to ask to be filled with love for the true doctrine of Christ. You may often refer back to this petition during the exercise.
Colloquies: Try conversing to talk with our Lady (humbly asking for what you desire), ending with a Hail Mary; The same with Christ and then offer the prayer, Soul of Christ; The same with God Father, ending with the prayer of an Our Father.
Take, Lord,
and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and Thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.
(Spiritual Exercises #234. Louis Puhl SJ, Translation.)
