Prayer Before Meditation, Study or Spiritual Reading

My God, I firmly believe that Thou art here present

and I humbly adore Thee in union with the angels and saints.

I am sorry for having sinned,

because Thou art infinitely good and sin displeases Thee.

I love Thee above all things and with my whole heart.

I offer Thee all that I am and all that I have,

my soul with all its faculties,

my body with all its senses.

Enlighten my understanding and inflame my will,

that I may know and do what is pleasing to Thee.

I beseech Thee to direct all the powers of my soul,

all my thoughts and affections to Thy service and Thy glory

as well as to my own sanctification and salvation.