A Heart Like Unto Thine

O dearest Jesus, Whose Most Amiable Heart excludes not even the greatest sinners if they turn to Thee, grant, we beseech Thee, to me and all penitent sinners a heart like unto Thine;

That is -

• A humble heart that even in the midst of temporal honors loves a hidden life, a life little esteemed by men;

• A meek heart that bears with all and seeks to be revenged on no one;

• A patient heart that is resigned in adversity and happy even in the midst of most trying circumstances;

• A peaceful heart that is ever at peace with others and with itself;

• A disinterested heart that is always content with what it has;

• A heart that loves prayer and prays often and cheerfully;

• A heart that only desires that God be known, honored and loved by all His creatures;

• That grieves for nothing except when God is offended,

• Despises nothing but sin,

• Wishes for nothing but the Glory of God and its neighbor's salvation;

• A pure heart that in all things seeks God alone and desires to please Him;

• A grateful heart that does not forget but duly values the benefits of God;

• A strong heart that is daunted by no evil but bears all adversity for the love of God;

• A heart liberal to the poor and compassionate to the suffering souls in Purgatory;

• A well-ordered heart, whose joys and sorrows, desires and aversions, nay, whose every motion is regulated according to the Will of God.

~ Prayer of St Clement Mary Hofbauer, C.S.S.R