Many have been the follies of our lives and great are the miseries we have deserved for our ingratitude.
Have mercy on us, dear Jesus, for we are weak; O Lord, heal us who are unable to help ourselves.
Deliver us from setting our hearts upon any of Thy creatures, which may divert our eyes from a continual looking up to Thee.
Grant us grace henceforth, for the love of Thee, to hate sin, and, out of a just esteem of Thee, to despise all worldly vanities.
Have mercy on all sinners, Jesus, we 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 Thy bitter Passion, we beseech Thee, and for Thy glorious name, Jesus.
O Blessed Trinity, one eternal God, have mercy on us. Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Glory be to the Father, etc.[1]
Second Petition
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, -----> Help us.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, help us to overcome all temptations to sin, and the malice of our ghostly enemy.
Help us to spend our time in virtuous actions, and in such labors as are acceptable to Thee.
To render our hearts enamored of virtue, and inflamed with a strong desire of Thy glorious presence.
Help us to deserve and keep a good name, by a peaceful and pious living to Thy honor, O Jesus, our own comfort, and the benefit of others. Have mercy, etc.
Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Glory be to the Father, etc.
- ↑ Have mercy, etc.; O Blessed Trinity, etc.; Our Father, etc., are repeated at the end of every petition.
