O Sacred Heart of Jesus, please help me to be a saint. I don’t exactly know what I need to do to become a saint, but I do know that, even if I try with all of my might, I will never become a saint unless I am sanctified by Thee and Thy grace. I need to be lifted from the muck of the earth by Thee and raised up to saintliness. Please do this for me, O my Jesus, so that I can be with Thee.
I want to be with Thee because I was created for Thee and cannot find any happiness outside of Thee. Experience has taught me this. So that is a selfish reason why I want to be with Thee, but I also want to be with Thee for Thy sake, O my good Jesus. Thou didst create me out of nothing, Thou didst become man out of love for me, Thou didst suffer and die out of love for me, and Thou hast employed every possible means to draw me to Thee. Clearly, You love me, O Jesus, with an all-consuming love. If that infinite love is not returned to Thee – how hurt Thou must be! Please do not let me be a source of hurt to Thee, Who has been nothing but infinitely kind to me. Please make me a saint for Thy sake, O my Jesus.
For my part, I will simply try to do my best. I will try to win Thy favor so that You swoop down from heaven and carry me up to Thee. I will be like a little child who tries to help his parents out of love but only makes things worse. The parents are never upset with the ignorant but innocent child for trying to help, but are rather amused and pleased at the child’s loving intentions. I will flounder around in my ignorance, O Jesus, as I try to find my way to Thee out of love for Thee. Please be pleased with my good intentions, and please, after I have sufficiently suffered, please step in and take me into Thy loving embrace. Amen.
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