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Prayer, the Great Means of Salvation

Prayer to Jesus Christ to obtain His holy love

St. Alphonsus de Liguori

AI-assisted English translation from the Italian; selected passages reviewed. Source, method & review limits

My crucified Jesus, I believe in You and confess You as the true Son of God and my Savior. I adore You from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank You for the death You suffered for me, in order to obtain for me the life of divine grace. My beloved Redeemer, to You I owe all my salvation. Through You I have thus far been delivered from hell. Through You I have received the pardon of my sins. But I, ungrateful, instead of loving You, have returned to offend You. I should deserve to be condemned never to be able to love You again; but no, my Jesus, give me every other punishment, and not this. If in the past I have not loved You, now I love You, and I desire nothing but to love You with all my heart. But without Your help I can do nothing. Since, then, You command me to love You, give me the strength to fulfill this Your so sweet and lovable precept. You have promised to give whatever is asked of You: Quodcumque volueritis, petetis, et fiet vobis (Whatever you will, ask, and it shall be done for you).

(John 15:8). Trusting, then, in this promise, my dear Jesus, first of all I ask You for the pardon of all my sins, of which I repent above every other evil, for having offended You, infinite Goodness. I ask You for holy perseverance in Your grace until death. But above all I ask You for the gift of Your holy love. Ah, my Jesus, my hope, my love, and my all, inflame me with that fire of love which You came to kindle on earth: Tui amoris in me ignem accende (Kindle in me the fire of Your love). And therefore make me live always conformed to Your holy will. Enlighten me to know ever more the merit You have of being loved, and the immense love You have borne me, especially in giving Your life for me. Make me, then, love You with all my heart, and love You forever, and in this life always ask You for the grace to love You; so that, living always and ending my life in Your love, I may come one day to love You with all my strength in heaven, never to cease loving You for all eternity.

O Mother of beautiful love, my advocate and refuge, Mary, You who are the creature most lovely, most loved, and most loving of God, and who desire nothing but to see Him loved by all — ah, for the love You bear Jesus Christ, pray for me, and obtain for me the grace to love Him always and with all my heart: from You I ask it, and from You I hope for it. Amen.

About this translation

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.

This is a reading copy, not a critical edition. No professional translation certification or ecclesiastical approval is claimed for this modern edition.

No general reuse licence is specified for this modern translation or its source transcription. The age of the original work does not by itself establish their reuse terms.

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.