Augmented and Generally Improved Heavenly Love-Kiss

smallest thing, you have let me suffer no lack. You have
made yourself my shield; the Satan’s
poisonous arrows, which he had aimed at me,
you have broken; and all the attacks
of my enemies you have brought to naught;
their proud puffery I have very cheerfully despised.
Fatherly you have ruled me,
and like a child led me on my ways;
often I have set my foot on shameful wandering paths,
but how timely has your
Spirit warned me; how powerfully has
your hand pulled me back. You have
so heartily taken up my soul,
and did not spare your own Son for my sake.
What shall I say? You have loved me,
poor worm, and held me more dear than your
own, only, beloved Son. Who can
understand this mystery? You sought me
when I went wandering; you carried your
treasures and riches after me, and begged
for my own salvation. In my

In my tender childhood you had me bathed
in Holy Baptism, washed from sins and
adorned with the costly robe of Christ’s
righteousness and innocence. Subsequently
you have not ceased to enlighten,
sanctify, comfort, and rejoice me
through your Spirit from the Word. In the
Holy Supper you have often very closely
united yourself with me, so that you and I
have become one flesh. Ah, how often is my
faith strengthened thereby, my love
enkindled, my hope maintained and
increased, my weary soul refreshed!
In my heart you have, Holy Father,
prepared a dwelling; in this house you have
often refreshed me; in this Temple you
have often, through many attentive movements,
Holy thoughts, and comfort-filled sighs,
gloriously taught me. In this paradise you
have often refreshed me with apples and
flowers, and let your fountain of comfort
flow with sweet scents. In this school of