December 14, 2022
O my beloved Father St. John of the Cross,
your continual prayer merited for you
the name of Ecstatic Doctor,
favored with special graces
in the guidance and direction of souls.
I humbly beg you to enlighten my soul
and to give me a desire for holy meditation that,
detached from earthly things,
I may love God alone and desire heaven only.
Obtain for me also the special grace I ask
through your intercession, if it be
for the glory of God and for my salvation.