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The prayer of Jesus is said like this: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Let us practice the prayer of Jesus distinterestedly, with simplicity and purity of intention, with penitence as our objective, with faith in God, with complete surrender to the will of God, with hope and trust in the wisdom, goodness, and omnipotence of his holy will.

Let us not seek pleasure or visions. By attentive prayer let us seek to turn the gaze of our mind to ourselves so that we may discover within ourselves our sinfulness. When we discover it, let us stand mentally before our Lord Jesus Christ in the company of the lepers, the blind, the deaf, the lame, the paralyzed, the possessed; and let us begin our mournful cry of prayer before him from the poverty of our spirit and from a heart crushed with sorrow for our sinfulness. Let this cry be infinitely abundant. Let all prolixity and variety of words prove unfit to express it. On account of its abundance and inexpressibility, let it be clothed continually: let it be clothed in the brief but meaningful prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.