Prayer for Strength in Temptation
From The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ, by St. Alphonsus Liguori Tools
Affections and Prayers
Source
| Printed in | The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ |
|---|---|
| Imprint | New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago, Benziger Brothers |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approbation, dated Baltimore, Md., September 8, 1886, signed Elias Fred. Schauer, Sup. Prov. Baltimorensis (a religious superior's sanction of publication under the Superior-General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer). Not labelled imprimatur or nihil obstat; no ecclesiastical imprimatur or nihil obstat appears on any rendered leaf. |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- protection from temptation, perseverance, avoiding sin
My sovereign God and Redeemer, I was lost; Thou hast ransomed me from hell. But, unhappy me! I have often afterwards lost myself anew, and Thou hast as often released me from eternal death: “ I am Thine, save me.” 1 Since, as I hope, I am now Thine, suffer me never more to cast myself away by rebelling against Thee, I am resolved to suffer death, and a thousand deaths, rather than see myself ever again Thy enemy and the slave of the devil. But Thou knowest my weakness, Thou knowest my past treacheries. Thou must give me strength to resist the assaults which hell will make upon me. I know that I shall be assisted by Thee in temptation whenever I shall have recourse to Thee, since I have Thy promise for it: Ask, and you shall receive. 2 Every one that asketh receiveth. 3 But my fear is, lest in the moment of trial I should fail to recommend myself to Thee, and so be miserably overcome. This, therefore, is the grace which I most earnestly implore of Thee: grant me light and strength on all occasions to have recourse to Thee, and to invoke Thee whenever I am tempted; and, moreover, I entreat Thee to grant me Thy help, that I may always ask Thee for this grace. Grant it me by the merits of Thy Precious Blood. And thou, O Mary, obtain it for me by the love which thou bearest to Jesus Christ.
- “ Tuus sum ego; salvum me fac.”—Ps. cxviii. 94.
- “ Petite et accipietis.”—John, xvi. 24.
- “ Omnis enim qui petit, accipit.”—Matt. vii. 8.
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