Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Our Blessed Lord (Matt. 7.7.)
It is granted to few to recognize the True Church amid the darkness of so many schisms and heresies. And to fewer still so to love the Truth which they have seen as to fly to its embrace.
St. Robert Bellarmine
This transliteration of the Venerable’s most profound work is intended to provide the reader with the precise text of the original 1584 translation, simply transliterated from Middle English into a form more readable to us, in order to maintain the exact prosa oratio with which the Venerable wrote. To this end, it was discerned necessary to leave intact the exact wording, prose, and even punctuation with which the Venerable and the original translator wrote. Some words remain herein which have fallen from use in our modern tongue, or whose meanings have changed through the centuries. These words must be discovered and discerned by the reader in order to attain to the full meaning of these meditations. I recommend the help of the Blessed Mother, through the intercession of Venerable Louis of Granada, Venerable Fulton Sheen, Venerable Matt Talbot, Saint Padre Pio, and your Guardian Angel, when seeking to discern these words.
It is also noteworthy that the Venerable recommends those new unto the service of Almighty God begin with the night meditations first, before proceeding to the morning meditations. Therefore, he refers to the second half of this book as the first part. I would also note that the advices and writings of the Venerable regarding prayer, and the Passion, which are found herein, are most necessary for the proper exercise of these meditations.
Many Saints spoke highly of Venerable Louis of Granada’s writings, including St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac, St. Francis de Sales, St. Charles Borromeo, and St. Teresa of Avila. St. Rose of Lima said this was her favorite book and while protecting herself from the devil with this book, the devil became enraged, and took it from her.[1]
We must consider why the devil himself would have taken such a particular interest in this book, and why it so quickly seems to have fallen into obscurity. More importantly, we must consider why Almighty God might have allowed this book to remain (nearly) hidden through the centuries, until now.
Our given time runs short now. Edify your soul. Steel your soul with these daily meditations. Steel your soul against the world, the flesh, and the devils. Steel your soul now, against the False Prophet, and the coming of Antichrist. Time runneth short.
Sit nomen Domini benedictum in saecula.
Esto Vir. Esto Sanctus.
Be here now.
S.M.M.
[1] Found in the introduction of “A Sinner’s Guide” by Venerable Louis of Granada. Introduction taken largely from the work of Fr. Alvaro Huerga, O.P., Regent of Studies, Convent of the Holy Cross, Granada, Spain.
Transliteration completed at Hulbert, by Sean McAlister.
Anno Domini. M. M. XXIII.
OF PRAYER AND MEDITATION 