A Prayer to Sweetest Jesus

Lord Jesus Christ, my God, Who dost visit Thy creature, and to Whom are known my passions, the weakness of our human nature, and the strength of our adversary: Protect me from his malice, for his power is strong and our nature is weak and fraught with passions. Wherefore, O Good One Who knowest our weakness and dost bear the burden of our weakness, preserve me from the tumult of my thoughts and the deluge of my passions, and make me worthy of Thy holy ministry, that in my passions I may in nowise defile its delight and so appear shameless and presumptuous before Thee. O my Jesus, most sweet Lord, have mercy on me, and save me!  Amen.

Translated from the Church Slavonic by Monk Joseph (Isaac) Lambertsen. Icon of the Savior "Not Made By Hands", Moscow, 14th century.