Prayer after Meditation or Spiritual Reading
O my God, I give Thee heartfelt thanks for all the graces Thou hast conferred on me during this meditation. Pardon me, I beseech Thee* all the negligence and all the distractions of which I have been guilty. Give me strength to carry out the resolutions that I have made. Fortify me, that from henceforth I may diligently practise this virtue. . . avoid this fault. . . perform this action. . . to Thy honor. Help me to keep my good resolutions, O sweet Virgin Mary; and do thou, my good angel, recall them to my memory, if I should ever forget or neglect them. Omnia ad major em Dei gloriam!
Indulgence for Mental Prayer
The Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV, in the brief, Quemadmodum, Dec. 16, 1746, granted to all the faithful who shall make mental prayer devoutly for half an hour, or at least for a quarter of an hour, every day, for a month, a plenary indulgence, once a month, on the day when, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray devoutly for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of the Church. — The New Raccolta.
Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas before Study
WHICH HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO RECITE EVERY DAY BEFORE THE IMAGE OP JESUS CHRIST
Grant me grace, O merciful God, to desire ardently all that is pleasing to Thee, to examine it prudently, to acknowledge it truthfully, and to accomplish it perfectly, for the praise and glory of Thy name. Amen.
