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 and brighter  flame  in  Heaven;  thou  who  didst  so  greatly desire to  see  Him  loved  by  all  men,  obtain  for  me  too,  I pray  thee,  a  spark  of  that  holy  fire,  whereby  I  may  oppose the world,  creatures,  and  myself;  and  grant  that  all  my thoughts,  desires,  and  affections  may  be  ever  employed  in pursuing,  whether  in  the  midst  of  joys  or  of  sufferings,  the will of  the  Supreme  Good,  who  deserves  our  unbounded love and  obedience. Oh, obtain  for  me  this  grace,  thou who art  so  powerful  with  God,  that,  like  thee,  I  may  be  all on fire  with  divine  love. Amen.

His Holiness, Leo  XIII,  by  a  rescript  of  the  S.  Congr. of Indulgences, April  22,  1898,  granted  to  the  faithful,  who shall  recite  the  above  prayer,  an  indulgence  of  one  hundred days,  once  a  day.

SINGULAR example  of  virtue,  glorious  St.  Agnes, by that  lively  faith  which  animated  thee  from  thy most tender  years,  and  rendered  thee  so  acceptable  to  God that thou  didst  merit  the  crown  of  martyrdom;  obtain  for us the  grace  to  preserve  entire  in  our  hearts  the  Catholic Faith, and  sincerely  to  profess  ourselves  Christians  not  only in word  but  also  in  deed;  so  that  while  we  confess  Jesus openly in  the  face  of  men,  Jesus  may  give  favorable testimony of  us  before  his  heavenly  Father. Pater, Ave, Gloria.

INVINCIBLE martyr,  St.  Agnes,  by  that  hope  which thou hadst  in  the  divine  aid,  when  being  condemned by the  impious  prefect  to  see  the  lily  of  thy  purity  stained and trampled  under  foot,  thou  wast  wholly  undismayed, firmly trusting  in  the  God  who  gives  his  angels  charge  over those who  trust  in  Him;  we  beseech  thee  to  obtain  for  us by  thy  intercession  the  grace  to  guard  this  virtue  jealously in our  hearts,  so  that  to  the  many  sins  which  we  commit  we