Purity of Intention
    O my Jesus, when shall I cease to be ungrateful to Thee: When shall I begin to love Thee with a true love? Oh! infinite Goodness, so unknown and despised in this world! I am sorry that I have miserably been among the number of so many ungrateful souls. But I do not wish to die among them. Lord, assist me; make me entirely Thine before I die. Give me Thy love - a fervent love, that will make me forget all creatures to remember Thee only: a strong love that will make me conquer all difficulties, when there is question of giving pleasure to Thee; a perpetual love that will never more be dissolved between me and Thee. I love Thee, my dear Redeemer, and I hope for every grace through the blood Thou hast shed for me.
    I hope for all things from thy intercession also, O Mary, my refuge, my mother, and my hope.
    Taken from The True Spouse of Jesus Christ by Saint Alphonsus de Ligouri. Imprimatur, 1929.