To Saint Benedict

19. To Saint Benedict O Glorious Saint Benedict, sublime model of virtue, pure vessel of God's grace, behold me humbly kneeling at your feet! I implore you in your loving kindness to pray for me before the throne of God. To you I have recourse in the dangers that daily surround me. Shield me against my own selfishness and indifference towards God and neighbour. Inspire me to imitate you in all things. Through your intercession, may the Lord’s blessings be with me always, so that | may see and serve him in others and work for his Kingdom. Graciously obtain for me from God the favours and graces I so need in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. You, whose heart was ever full of love and compassion towards those who were afflicted and troubled in any way, never dismissed without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to you. I, therefore, invoke your powerful intercession, confident in the hope that you will hear my prayer and obtain for me the special grace and favour I earnestly implore (here name it). Help me, O great Saint Benedict, to live and to die as a faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will and to obtain the eternal happiness of Heaven. Amen.