{"id":4455,"date":"2018-04-17T21:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:14:29","slug":"a-teenagers-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/a-teenagers-prayer","title":{"rendered":"A Teenager\u2019s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I come to you, Jesus, God of strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">So much that I see on the streets, in show-cases, in the movies, in books- and many desires and fantasies that surge within me- leave me all churned up, tempted and disturbed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Take from me these disturbing fantasies; make my will stand firm; rouse it to discipline the body and the senses, the heart and the imagination, with promptitude and decision, for the sake of the temple of your Holy Spirit which my body is. \u00a0Give me the spirit of fortitude to fight bravely, never to hesitate. With you I can do everything.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for me in the hour of temptation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I come to you, Jesus, God of strength. So much that I see on the streets, in show-cases, in the movies, in books- and many desires and fantasies that surge within me- leave me all churned up, tempted and disturbed. 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