THIRTEENTH PETITION.
Jesus, make me persevere in virtue.
(To be repeated nine times.)
Jesus, make me persevere in a virtuous and good life, and may I never give over thy service till thou bringest me to my reward in thy kingdom.
In all pious customs and holy duties, in my honest and necessary employments, confirm and strengthen, O Lord, both my soul and body.
Is my life anything but a pilgrimage on earth towards the new Jerusalem, to which he that sits down, or turns out of the way, can never arrive ?
O Jesus, make me always consider thy blessed example: through how much pain, and how little pleasure thou didst press on to a bitter death, that being the way to a glorious resurrection.
Make me, O my Redeemer, seriously weigh those words of thine, that he only who perseveres to the end shall be saved.
Have mercy on all sinners, etc. (page 386.)
Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc.
FOURTEENTH PETITION.
Jesus, grant me grace to fix my mind on thee.
(To be repeated nine times.)
Jesus, grant me grace to fix my mind on thee, especially in the time of prayer, when I directly converse with thee.
Stop the motions of my wandering head, the desires of my unstable heart, and suppress the power of my spiritual enemies, who endeavour at that time to draw my mind from heavenly thoughts to many vain imaginations.
