# Prayer of Saint Alphonsus Liguori for Final Perseverance Eternal Father, I humbly adore You, and thank You for having created me, and for having redeemed me through Jesus Christ. I thank You most sincerely for having made me a Christian, by giving me the true faith, and by adopting me as Your son, in the sacrament of baptism. I thank You for having, after the numberless sins I had committed, waited for my repentance, and for having pardoned (as I humbly hope) all the offences which I have offered to You, and for which I am now sincerely sorry, because they have been displeasing to You, who art infinite goodness. I thank You for having preserved me from so many relapses, of which I would have been guilty if You hadst not protected me. But my enemies still continue, and will continue till death, to combat against me, and to endeavor to make me their slave. If You dost not constantly guard and succor me with thy aid, I, a miserable creature, shall return to sin, and shall certainly lose Your grace. I beseech You, then, for the love of Jesus Christ, to grant me holy perseverance unto death. Jesus, Your Son, has promised that You wilt grant whatsoever we ask in his name. Through the merits, then, of Jesus Christ, I beg, for myself and for all the just, the grace never again to be separated from Your love, but to love You forever, in time and eternity. O Queen of Heaven, most holy Mary, once I was the slave of Satan, but now I dedicate myself to be thy servant forever; I offer myself to thy perpetual honor and service. Accept me, then, as thy servant; ah, do not cast me out as I deserve. In you, my Mother, have I set all my hope. I praise and thank almighty God, Who in His mercy gives me this confidence in you. True it is, in the past I have fallen miserably into sin; but I hope that I have already obtained pardon for them through the merits of Jesus Christ and through thine intercession. But this is not enough, dear Mother; one thought distresses me, and that is that I may turn back and lose the grace of God; the dangers are ever present, mine enemies sleep not, fresh temptations will assail me. Ah, protect me then, my Lady! Defend me against the assaults of Hell and permit not that I should begin again to commit sin and offend Jesus, thy Divine Son. No, may it never come to pass that I should begin again to suffer the loss of my soul, of Paradise and of God. This is the grace that I ask of you, O Mary, this is my one desire, this do you obtain for me by thine intercession. This is my firm hope. Amen. <!-- prayer-nav --> --- ← [[prayer-for-enlightening-of-the-mind|Prayer for Enlightening of the Mind]] | [[general-prayers|✝️ General Catholic Prayers]] | [[prayer-for-human-life|Prayer for Human Life]] →