My Weaknesses

O most sweet and loving Lord, whom I now devoutly wish to receive, you know my weaknesses and my needs.
You know how many bad habits and vices I have.
You know how often I am burdened, tempted, shaken and stained by sin.
I come to you for healing.
I pray to you for comfort and support.
I speak to you, who know all things, to whom all my inmost thoughts are evident.
You alone can adequately comfort me and help me.
You know what good things I need most, and you know how poor I am in virtue.
(Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 4, Chapter 16, p. 188-89)
12 July 2012