I don't know if this has ever been posted here or not, but I came across it today and I thought it worth sharing:


Obtain for me a deep sense of modesty, which will be reflected in my external conduct. Protect my eyes, the windows of my soul, from anything that might dim the luster of a heart that must mirror only Christ-like purity. And when the Bread of Angels becomes my food in Holy Communion, seal my heart forever against the suggestion of sinful pleasures.

May I be among the number of those of whom Jesus spoke: "Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God."

Amen

Nice prayer. And my favorite line of the beatitudes.


Maybe someone can make this into a sticky?

Done.

Thanks for posting this prayer I'm going to write it down in a notebook I've dedicated to Our Father so I can turn to it when its needed

Here is another one, by St. Thomas Aquinas:

O good Jesus, I know that every perfect gift
And, above all others, that of chastity, depends
On the powerful action of your divine Providence;
I know that without You a creature can do nothing.
This is why I beseech You to defend, by Your
Grace, the purity of my soul and of my body.
And if I have ever received any impression
Whatsoever of a sentiment capable of soiling this
Ineffable virtue, O supreme Master of my faculties,
Blot it out from my soul, that with a clean heart
I may advance in Your love and in Your service,
Offering myself chaste all the days of my life
On the most pure altar of Your divinity.
It is the Cross that I adore. The Cross of the
Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge. AMEN

Beautiful.

And here is one to St. Thomas:

Chosen lily of innocence, pure St. Thomas,
who kept chaste the robe of baptism
and became an angel in the flesh after being girded by two angels,
I implore you to commend me to Jesus, the Spotless Lamb,
and to Mary, the Queen of Virgins.
Gentle protector of my purity, ask them that I,
who wear the holy sign of your victory over the flesh,
may also share your purity,
and after imitating you on earth
may at last come to be crowned with you among the angels. Amen.

Wonderful additions, Puppi and Ivar.