01 AUGUST SANT'ALFONSO MARIA DE 'LIGUORI. Prayer to the Saint

O my glorious and beloved protector Saint Alfonso that you have labored and suffered so much to assure men of the fruit of redemption, look at the miseries of my poor soul and have mercy on me.

For the powerful intercession you enjoy with Jesus and Mary, obtain me with true repentance, the forgiveness of my past faults, a great horror of sin and the strength to always resist temptations.

Please share with me a spark of that ardent charity with which your heart was always inflamed and make that by imitating your shining example, I choose the divine will as the only norm in my life.

I implore for me a fervent and constant love for Jesus, a tender and filial devotion to Mary and the grace to always pray and persevere in divine service until the hour of my death, so that I can finally join you to praise God and Mary Most holy for all eternity. So be it.