Eternal Father, I humbly adore You, and I thank You for having created me and redeemed me through Jesus Christ. I thank You for having made me a Christian, by giving me the true faith and by adopting me as Your son through holy Baptism. I thank You for having waited for me to do penance after so many of my sins, and for having forgiven me (as I hope) all the offenses I have committed against You, of which I repent anew for having displeased You, infinite Goodness. I thank You also for having preserved me from the many relapses into which I would have fallen, had You not preserved me from them by Your hand. But my enemies do not cease, and will not cease, to fight me until death, to see me once more made their slave; if You do not guard me and succor me always with Your aid, I shall miserably lose Your grace again. I therefore beg You, for the love of Jesus Christ, to grant me holy perseverance until death. Jesus Your Son has promised us that whatever we ask of You in His name, You will grant us. Through the merits, then, of Jesus Christ, I ask You, for myself and for all who are in Your grace, the grace never again to separate ourselves from Your love, but to love You forever in this life and in the next. Mary, Mother of God, pray to Jesus for me.
Prayer, the Great Means of Salvation
Prayer to obtain final perseverance
AI-assisted English translation from the Italian; selected passages reviewed. Source, method & review limits
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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.