Do not stop the children coming to me - A Prayer by Lithuanian girls confined to a siberian prison(1953)

Saviour, I have cast away

Your passion, love and desires.

I have condemned myself

and become

profoundly unhappy.

With all my being,

I implore you:

cast Your glance at me,

cover up my transgressions,

raise me up that with joy

I may hasten to you

to worship Your mercy

and ineffable love. Amen.

Draw near,

all holy Angels;

draw near,

all saints of heaven,

Immaculate Mother,

Saint Joseph, Saint Therese,

come to praise

the Lord of Mercy,

the God of Love.

Teach me

how to be humble, how to love,

that everywhere and always

I may live in gratitude

and with my entire life

I may proclaim

God's love and goodness.

Jesus, You have come to me.

Remain with me for ever.

Live in me. Teach me,

painful though it be.

Rest in me,

and never forsake me.

With all my being,

to You I cling,

praising and thanking You

for coming,

for Your consolation,

for all the other graces

You have brought

to me and to my home.

O Heart of Jesus,

inflamed with love,

have mercy on those

who fight for freedom,

who have died on the battlefield

or still are suffering

for my country.

Have mercy on all in whose stead

I should pray and praise You.

O God of Mercy,

I thank You for the hearts

who have done me

so much good

and who never forgets me.

I thank You also for those 

who, by their hatred

teach and warn me. Amen.

The above prayer was written by four young Lithuanian girls confined to a Siberian prison in 1953.