Prayer Before Each Hour: 24 Hour of the Passion of Christ by Luisa Piccarreta

Prayer Before Each Hour

O My Lord Jesus Christ, prostrate in Your Divine Presence, I implore Your Most Loving Heart to admit me to the sorrowful meditation of the 24 hours in which for Love of us You wanted to suffer so much, in Your Adorable Body and in Your Most Holy Soul, unto death on the Cross.  O please, give me help, grace love, deep compassion and understanding of Your sufferings, as I now meditate the _____ (say here the hour you are making) hour.

And for those which I cannot meditate, I offer You my will to meditate on them, and I willingly intend to meditate on them in all the hours in which I must to apply myself to my duties, or to sleep.

Accept, O Merciful Lord, my loving intention, and let it be beneficial for me and for all, as if I effectively and in a saintly way accomplished what I wish to practice.

Meanwhile, I give You thanks, O my Jesus, for calling me to union with You by means of prayer.  And to please You more, I take Your Thoughts, Your Tongue, Your Heart, and with this I intend to pray, fusing all of myself in Your Will and in Your Love; and stretching out my arms to hugs You, I place my head on Your Heart, and I begin.