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Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, priest and martyr composed this prayer in the 19th century.
This transformational prayer builds towards Saint Paul's statement in Galatians 2:20: "I live - now not I - But Christ lives in me".
Words of the prayer
O my Divine Saviour, Transform me into Yourself. May my hands be the hands of Jesus. Grant that every faculty of my body May serve only to glorify You. Above all, Transform my soul and all its powers So that my memory, will and affection May be the memory, will and affections Of Jesus. I pray You To destroy in me All that is not of You. Grant that I may live But in You, by You and for You, So that I may truly say, With St. Paul, "I live - now not I - But Christ lives in me".References
Prayer of St. John Gabriel Perboyre to Jesus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA