A Midnight Prayer 1

Give me, O God,
that spirit of interior recollection
which will make me attentive to Thy holy will
and faithful to Thy graces.
Grant that the remembrance
of Thy awful presence may remind me continually
of Thy blessed life and conversation,
and effectually control me during my earthly pilgrimage.
I am weary, O God,
of living an exile from Thy presence, and
of being so little affected by the consideration of Thy majesty
as to do nothing to please Thee.
What can I find in heaven or on earth that is comparable to Thee?
Thou art the God of my heart;
grant I may be ever sensible of Thy presence,
and desire only the happiness of pleasing Thee,
in time,
that Thou mayest be my portion for eternity.
Amen.