Oh Lord have mercy on me

How many times will I fail you Lord?

How often will I turn my back?

How much grace will I waste, in choosing carnal pleasures over you?

Spare me damnation Lord

I run back to you

but how often will I fall and need to do so?

Give me grace, O Lord

To slash the chains that bind me to my sins

No amount of my own pulling, striking or chewing will break the heavy chains that keep me failing you

I must have your grace to be free

Lord, please do not forget me

Holy Saints and Angels, please pray for me

How foolish I must look to you

Squandering my soul for moments of pleasure

You Saints and Angels know the Beautific Vision

How foolish I must look as I tempt eternal damnation vs. the perfection of heaven

The Holy Church is wounded

She is suffering a great passion

I am spitting, hitting, plucking

I scourge with the whip

I pound with the hammer

I am part of the problem

Only with your grace, O Lord, can I come home

Only with your grace, can I put down the whip, the hammer

Only with your grace, can I pick up my cross

Lord, give me grace to stay pure, to amend my life, repair damage from my past sins

Wash me with your Precious Blood

Grant my will the strength to choose You over anything else

You, Lord, are ever merciful, I rejoice in your undeserved mercy

Also, Lord, you are ever just, I will accept your judgement at the end

I only pray, Lord, that you continue the flow of grace into my life and not allow me to squander it







