Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer for Fervor
A prayer asking Jesus for generosity, perseverance, and the grace to serve Him without counting the cost.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 616.
Dearest Jesus! teach me to be generous, teach me to love Thee as Thou deservest, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask reward, save to feel that I do Thy will, my God. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 616.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- The Prayer for Fervor asks Jesus for generous service without counting the cost. Lasance prints it with the credit “Leaflets”; this edition does not name St. Ignatius as its author.
- Prayer intention
- Generosity and perseverance in serving God.
- When to pray
- Before work or whenever duty calls for patience and sacrifice.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 616. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer for Fervor
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 616.
Dearest Jesus! teach me to be generous, teach me to love Thee as Thou deservest, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask reward, save to feel that I do Thy will, my God. Amen.