FIFTH PETITION.
Jesus, make me constant.
(To be repeated nine times.)
Jesus, make me constant in faith, hope, and charity; grant me perseverance in all virtue, and a resolution never, to offend thee.
Let the memory of thy passion, and of those bitter pains thou sufferedst for me, strengthen my patience, and comfort me in all tribulation and adversity.
Let me always hold fast the doctrine of the Catholic Church, and render me a diligent frequenter of all holy duties.
Let no false delight of this deceitful world blind me, nor temptation or fraud of the devil shake my heart,
My heart, which has for ever fixed its rest in thee, and resolved to undervalue all for thy eternal reward.
Have mercy on all sinners, Jesus, I beseech thee; turn their vices into virtues; and, making them true observers of thy law, and sincere lovers of thee, bring them to bliss in everlasting glory.
Have mercy also on the souls in purgatory, for the sake of thy bitter passion, I beseech thee, and for thy glorious name, Jesus.
O blessed Trinity, one eternal God, have mercy on me.
"Our Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross.” (Phil. ii. 8.)
Hear these my petitions, O my most merciful Saviour, and grant me thy grace so frequently to repeat and consider them, that they may prove easy steps whereby my soul may climb up to the knowledge, love, and performance of my duty to thee
