ST. FRANCIS DE SALES' PRAYER AFTER MEDITATION / by Joe Castorino

Based on the guidelines of St. Francis de Sales

Dearest Heavenly Father,

Through the Holy Spirit

I humbly give you thanks for

The affections and resolutions

You have given me today

In my meditation,

As well as for your great

Goodness and divine mercy.

Eternal Father, I offer to you

The body and blood,

Soul and divinity,

Of your dearly beloved Son,

Our Lord Jesus Christ,

In atonement for our sins,

And those of the whole world.

I wholeheartedly implore you

To share with me the abundant

Graces and virtues

Of your most holy Son,

And to bless my affections and resolutions,

So that I may faithfully fulfill them.

In your Divine Providence,

And through the intercession of

Our Lady, the angels,

And the saints,

Please take care of

My body and my soul,

The Church and my pastor,

My relatives and my friends,

And everyone else in the world,

That the windows of our souls

Will be closed

Against the shadows of hell.

Amen.

(Follow this with an Our Father and a Hail Mary)