The new musical production is born from an autograph prayer of the Augustinian Recollect saint recently rediscovered and published by the Province of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
Recoletos Music, the musical platform of the Augustinian Recollects, presents a new song inspired by one of the most profound and moving prayers of Saint Ezequiel Moreno, a prayer that intensely expresses his love for the Heart of Jesus and his desire that all life be transformed by that love.
La iniciativa surge tras la reciente publicación del artículo «San Ezequiel Moreno: una oración de corazón a corazón» difundido por la Provincia de San Nicolás de Tolentino. En él, fray Pablo Panedas da a conocer el hallazgo de una oración autógrafa del santo, publicada originalmente en un boletín de la Provincia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria en 1924 y prácticamente olvidada durante décadas. El texto, recuperado en pleno mes dedicado al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, permite acercarse a la intimidad espiritual de uno de los santos más queridos de la Familia Agustino Recoleta.
A prayer born from the heart of a saint
The rediscovered prayer constitutes an authentic conversation from heart to heart with Christ. In it, Saint Ezequiel expresses his desire that a person be completely united to the Lord, configuring their life with the sentiments and love of the Heart of Jesus.
The text reads as follows:
My Jesus! Forgive now the one You know.
Bind him to Your Heart and never let him go.
May he in every instant of time
give You all possible glory
and may not a single inspiration arise in him
that is not for You.
Give him a heart like Yours;
a heart that feels what Yours feels;
that desires what Yours desires
and loves what Yours loves,
but with the greatest possible intensity,
so that this love may move him
to do great things for Your glory.
I ask You all this through Your divine and most sweet Heart,
which deserves everything and, for that very reason,
I hope that You hear me and grant it to me.
Amen.
From spiritual heritage to digital evangelization
Inspired by this prayer, the new song from Recoletos Music seeks to translate into musical language the spiritual experience of Saint Ezequiel Moreno. The composition preserves the central images of the text—union with the Heart of Jesus, interior transformation, and the call to live for the glory of God—to convert them into a proposal for prayer accessible to new generations.
The production is part of the Augustinian Recollects’ commitment to digital evangelization and the dissemination of their spiritual heritage through formats capable of reaching diverse audiences.
Saint Ezequiel Moreno and the Heart of Jesus
Devotion to the Heart of Jesus occupied a central place in the life of Saint Ezequiel Moreno. His spirituality was marked by a profound trust in Christ, by missionary dedication, and by the desire that his entire existence be oriented toward the love of God.
The prayer now recovered reflects with special clarity this dimension of his interior life. As Friar Pablo Panedas points out, it is a prayer “dense, though brief, and extremely ardent,” capable of touching the deepest fibers of the saint’s soul and of continuing to inspire today those who seek a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
Join a great network of prayer
The prayer that inspires this new song is not only a text from the past. It is a current invitation to trust in the love of God and to place in His hands the joys, concerns, and needs of each day.
For this reason, Recoletos Music also invites listeners to share their intentions through the Saint Ezequiel Moreno Prayer Network, an initiative that unites thousands of people from around the world in the same chain of faith and hope.
The intentions received are entrusted to the communities of contemplative Augustinian Recollect nuns, present in different countries, who present them daily to the Lord from their monasteries. In this way, those who request prayer find the spiritual accompaniment of religious who have consecrated their lives to the search for God and to intercession for the needs of the Church and the world.
The spirituality of Saint Ezequiel Moreno, deeply centered on trust in Christ and on the power of prayer, remains alive today through this international network of intercession.
Those who wish to entrust a personal, family, or community intention may do so through the official page of the Saint Ezequiel Moreno Prayer Network: reddeoracion.sanezequiel.com.
A song to pray today
With this new production, Recoletos Music wishes to offer an aid for personal prayer, adoration, and spiritual reflection. The song invites us to make our own the supplication of Saint Ezequiel Moreno and to ask, together with him, for the grace of having a heart like that of Christ.
Listening to this song can also become an occasion to present one’s own intentions to the Lord and entrust them to the intercession of the Saint Ezequiel Moreno Prayer Network, where each petition is received and accompanied by the constant prayer of the contemplative Augustinian Recollect nuns.
The work is now available on the digital channels of Recoletos Music.
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