379. Prayer

grant me the aid of thy heavenly grace, in order that I may learn to despise all earthly things, and to love what is heavenly; to oppose vice, and to be proof against temptation; to walk firmly in the path of virtue, not to seek honours, to shun pleasures, to bewail my past offences, to keep far from the occasions of evil, to keep free from bad habits, to seek the com- 378 Pius X, December 29, 1907. 379 Pius IX. Pr. Ma. October 3o, 1854. 336 VARIOUS SAINTS pany of the good, and persevere in righteousness, so that, by the assistance of thy grace, I may de- serve the crown of eternal life, together with St Agnes and all the saints, for ever and ever, in thy kingdom. Amen