O God of my soul, I hope in Your Goodness that I am in Your grace, and that You have already forgiven me all the offenses I have committed against You. I thank You for it with all my heart, and I hope to thank You for it for all eternity: Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo (Ps. 88:2: I will sing the mercies of the Lord forever). I now see that the cause of my falls has been my failure to have recourse to You, when I was tempted, to ask You for holy perseverance. For the future I firmly resolve to commend myself always to You, and especially when I shall see myself in danger of offending You again. I resolve to have recourse always to Your mercy, invoking always the most holy Names of Jesus and of Mary, certain that if I pray, You will not then fail to give me the strength I do not have to resist my enemies. So I resolve, and promise to do. But of what use, O my God, will all these resolutions and promises of mine be, if You do not assist me with Your grace to carry out what I have resolved — that is, to have recourse always to You in my dangers? Ah, help me, O Eternal Father, for the love of Jesus Christ, and do not permit me to cease commending myself to You whenever I am tempted. I am certain that You will always help me when I have recourse to You; but this is my fear: I fear that I may then neglect to commend myself to You, and that this negligence of mine may afterwards become the cause of my ruin — that is, of losing Your grace, which is the greatest ruin that can befall me. Ah, by the merits of Jesus Christ, give me the grace of prayer — but an abundant grace, that may make me always pray, and pray as I ought. O Mary, my Mother, whenever I have had recourse to You, You have obtained for me the help not to fall. Now I have recourse to You, that You may obtain for me a still greater grace — namely, to commend myself in all my needs, and always, to Your Son and to You. My Queen, You obtain from God whatever You ask; obtain for me now, by the love You bear Jesus Christ, this grace that I ask of You: to pray, and never to cease praying until death. Amen.
Prayer, the Great Means of Salvation
Prayer to obtain the grace of always praying
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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.