To her who is full of grace, the Blessed among all the children of Adam:
To the Dove, the Turtle-Dove, the Beloved of God:
Honor of the human race, Delight of the Most Holy Trinity:
House of love, Model of humility, Mirror of all the virtues:
Mother of fair love, Mother of holy hope, and Mother of mercy:
Advocate of the wretched, Defense of the weak, Light of the blind, and Physician of the sick:
Anchor of confidence, City of refuge, Gate of Paradise:
Ark of life, Rainbow of peace, Haven of salvation:
Star of the sea, and Sea of sweetness:
Peacemaker of sinners, Hope of the despairing, Help of the forsaken:
Comforter of the afflicted, Comfort of the dying, and Joy of the world:
A devoted and loving, though base and unworthy, Servant of hers humbly consecrates this Work.
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This English translation from the Italian was drafted with AI assistance using SWE-2 Max and prepared as a reading edition for this library. Review has included source provenance, section structure, and selected source comparisons and corrections. It has not included a complete independent, sentence-by-sentence translation audit.
Translated from the Italian author text transcribed by IntraText from Opere ascetiche, volume IX (Rome, 1965), pages 3–376. The introductory note records the source and limited review of this modern translation.
This is a reading copy, not a critical edition. No professional translation certification or ecclesiastical approval is claimed for this modern edition. The source edition’s separate editorial footnotes are not included. The shorter meditations elsewhere on this site use a different, historical English translation from 1843.
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Remember Eternity · remembereternity.org. AI-assisted English translation drafted with SWE-2 Max from the Italian; selected source comparisons and corrections only. No complete independent translation audit or ecclesiastical approval is claimed. Translated from the Italian author text transcribed by IntraText from Opere ascetiche, volume IX (Rome, 1965), pages 3–376. The introductory note records the source and limited review of this modern translation. No general reuse licence is specified for this modern translation or its source transcription.