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Devout Reflections for Believers

The document is a prayer called "The Universal Prayer" attributed to Pope Clement XI. In it, the speaker expresses faith in God and asks for God's help in strengthening that faith. The speaker also asks God to increase their sorrow for sins committed, help them love God more each day, and guide them through wisdom, justice, mercy and power. Finally, the speaker asks God to illuminate their understanding, inflame their will, purify their body and sanctify their soul.

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Devout Reflections for Believers

The document is a prayer called "The Universal Prayer" attributed to Pope Clement XI. In it, the speaker expresses faith in God and asks for God's help in strengthening that faith. The speaker also asks God to increase their sorrow for sins committed, help them love God more each day, and guide them through wisdom, justice, mercy and power. Finally, the speaker asks God to illuminate their understanding, inflame their will, purify their body and sanctify their soul.

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The Universal Prayer

(attributed to Pope Clement XI)


O My God, I believe in Thee; do Thou strengthen my faith. All my hopes are in
Thee; do Thou secure them. I love Thee with my whole heart; teach me to love
Thee daily more and more. I am sorry that I have offended Thee; do Thou increase
my sorrow.
I adore Thee as my first beginning. I aspire after Thee as my last end. I give Thee
thanks as my constant benefactor. I call upon Thee as my sovereign protector.
Deign, O My God, to conduct me by Thy wisdom, to restrain me by Thy justice, to
comfort me by Thy mercy, and to defend me by Thy power.
To Thee, I desire to consecrate all my thoughts, words, actions and sufferings; that
hence forward, I make think of Thee, speak of Thee, willingly refer all my actions
to Thy greater glory, and suffer willingly whatever Thou shalt appoint.
Lord, I desire that in all things Thy will may be done, because it is Thy will, and in
the manner that Thou wilt.
I beg of Thee to enlighten my understanding, to inflame my will, to purify my
body, and to sanctify my soul.
Give me strength, O My God, to expiate my offences, to overcome my tempta-
tions, to subdue my passions, and to acquire the virtues proper for my state.
Fill my heart with tender affection for Thy goodness, hatred for my faults, love for
my neighbor, and contempt of the world.
Let me always remember to be submissive to my superiors, condescending to my
inferiors, faithful to my friends, and charitable to me enemies.
Assist me to overcome sensuality by mortification, avarice by alms-deeds, anger
by meekness, and tepidity by devotion.
O My God, make me prudent in my undertakings, courageous in danger, patient in
afflictions, and humble in prosperity.
Grant that I may be ever attentive at my prayers, temperate at my meals, diligent
at my employments, and constant in my resolutions.
Let my conscience be ever upright and pure, my exterior modest, my conversation
edifying, and my comportment regular.
Assist me, that I may continually labor to overcome nature, to correspond with
Thy grace, to keep Thy commandments and to work out my salvation.
Discover to me, O My God, the nothingness of this world, the greatness of Heaven,
the shortness of time, and the length of eternity.
Grant that I may prepare for death, that I may fear Thy judgments, that I may
escape hell, and in the end obtain Heaven, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.

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