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The prayer to the Most Holy Trinity by Pope Pius X was written in response to attacks against the Church by secular modernists.
Pope Pius X is remembered as one of the most transformative popes of the 20th century, and he is also a canonized saint.
He became known as the “Pope of the Eucharist” after he famously lowered the age to around seven years old for children receiving their First Holy Communion. He was also fiercely opposed to any form of “Modernism” that attempted to alter core Catholic doctrines to fit the modern secular philosophies of his time.
On April 18, 1906, Pope Pius X attached a formal papal blessing to the following Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity. France had just passed a sweeping law in 1905 to Separate the Church from the State. This law stripped the Church of funding, seized its properties, and forced a completely secularized government.
Pope Pius X wanted to combat the extreme political and spiritual turmoil of that year as he was deeply grieved by this move in the traditionally Catholic nation of France. Pope Pius X encouraged lay Catholics to pray this prayer to the most Holy Trinity. The prayer allows us to make personal acts of total submission, adoration, and reparation to God’s authority.
This prayer was written at a time when secular governments were actively rejecting God’s authority and natural law and heading toward the first World War.
Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity
by Pope Pius X
I Adore Thee, O my God, one God in three Persons;
I annihilate myself before thy Majesty.
Thou alone art being, life, truth, beauty, and goodness.
I glorify Thee,
I praise Thee,
I thank Thee,
and I love Thee,
all incapable and unworthy as I am,
in union with thy dear Son Jesus Christ,
our Saviour and our Father,
in the mercifulness of his heart
and through his infinite merits.
I wish to serve Thee,
to please Thee,
to obey Thee,
and to love Thee always,
in union with Mary immaculate,
Mother of God and our Mother,
loving also and serving my neighbour
for Thy sake.
Therefore, give me Thy Holy Spirit
to enlighten, correct, and guide me
in the way of Thy commandments,
and in all perfection,
until we come to the happiness of heaven,
where we shall glorify Thee forever.
AMEN.