Saint Bernadette often defined herself as a “poor person”. This prayer, which she composed herself, is a masterpiece of spiritual humility. In it, she asks Jesus for the “bread” necessary for the life of the soul: humility, obedience, and patience. By reciting it on lourdes.live, we walk in the footsteps of the little seer of Bigorre, learning to do God’s will in all things.
Prayer Text
“O Jesus, give me, I pray you, the bread of humility, the bread of obedience, the bread of charity, the bread of strength to break my will and melt it to yours, the bread of inner mortification, the bread of detachment from creatures, the bread of patience to bear the pain that my heart suffers. O Jesus, you want me crucified, fiat, the bread of strength to suffer well, the bread of seeing only you alone in everything and always, Jesus, Mary, the Cross, I do not want other friends than these. Amen.”