O Incarnate Word, You gave Your Blood and Your Life to obtain for our prayers (as You have already promised) so great a worth that they obtain whatever they ask; and we, O God, are so negligent of our own salvation that we will not even ask You for the graces we need to be saved! By this means of prayer You have given us the key to all Your divine treasures, and yet, rather than pray, we choose to remain in the misery in which we find ourselves! Ah, Lord, enlighten us, and make us know how much our supplications, made in Your name and through Your merits, are worth in the sight of Your Eternal Father. I consecrate this little book of mine to You; bless it Yourself, and grant that all who hold it in their hands may be stirred to pray always, and may strive to inflame others also, so that they may avail themselves of this great means of their salvation.
To You also I commend this little work of mine, O great Mother of God, Mary: protect it by obtaining for all who read it the spirit of prayer, so that they may have recourse always, in all their needs, to Your Son and to You, who are the Dispenser of graces, and who are the Mother of Mercy, unable to leave unsatisfied anyone who recommends himself to You, and who are at the same time the Powerful Virgin who obtains from God for Your servants whatever You ask.
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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 II (Rome, 1962), pages 3–178. Modern editorial apparatus is excluded. Inherited bibliographic citations are incomplete; the introductory note describes the restored passages and review limitations.
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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 II (Rome, 1962), pages 3–178. Modern editorial apparatus is excluded. Inherited bibliographic citations are incomplete; the introductory note describes the restored passages and review limitations. No general reuse licence is specified for this modern translation or its source transcription.