A Tender Salutation of Jesus
A historical prayer of praise and devotion from the 1861 English edition of Preces Gertrudianae.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
HAIL, thou quickening germ of divine honour. Hail, unwithering flower of human dignity, thou most loving Jesus. I salute and embrace thee with all the joy and delight of thy Divinity, and with the affections of all mankind; and I commend myself to the sweetest Wound of thy sacred Heart. Amen.