Prayer of St. Bonaventure
(from the St. Augustine Prayer Book)

O Fairest Lord Jesus, transfix the affections of my inmost soul with that most sweet and healthful would of Thy love, with true, serene, most holy, apostolic charity; that my soul may ever languish and melt with entire love and longing for Thee. Let me ever desire Thee, and faint for Thy courts, and long to be dissolved and to be with Thee, the Bread of Angels, the Refreshment of holy souls, our daily and supersubstantial Bread, Who hast all sweetness, and every pleasurable delight. Thee, Whom the Angels desire to look into, may my heart ever hunger after and feed upon; and may my soul be filled with Thy sweetness.

May I ever thirst for Thee, the Fountain of life, the Fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the Fountain of eternal light, the Torrent of pleasure, the Richness of the House of God. Let me ever compass Thee, seek Thee, stretch towards Thee, arrive at Thee, meditate upon Thee, speak of Thee, and do all things to the praise and glory of Thy Name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with readiness and affection, with perseverance even unto the end.

And be Thou ever my hope and my whole confidence; my riches, my delight, my pleasure, and my joy; my rest and tranquility; my peace; my sweetness; my food and refreshment; my refuge and help; my wisdom, my portion, my possession, and my treasure; in Whom my mind and heart may firmly and unchangeably be fixed and rooted, henceforth and forever. Amen.