Oh Lord, help me

to not be discouraged

by my own weakness.

help me,

Oh Lord, I beg.

give me courage

to walk

towards You.

and when the

path becomes

steep with rocks.

help me that I may

not trip and stumble

over my own inadequacies.

when the path

becomes so narrowed

by the spread of my sins,

give me the strength

i need

so that I may not

give up and turn away.

allow that Your Sweet Lovely

Mother come take hold

of my hand,

and that She may help

guide my gaze upward

towards the summit,

towards the jagged peak

of the Savior’s Cross.