PRAYER TO FIGHT LUST

O good Lord, patient lover of mankind, I come to Thee with bowed head and broken heart. Again, I have fallen to unholy thoughts and images. How many times have I set a boundary and wall for myself, but I keep letting my thoughts and desires chip away at this wall? 

O Savior of the broken, place a crown of thorns on my mind and thoughts; nail down my hands with the fear of Thee; and create in me a clean heart, O God. Purify my senses, especially my eyes. Erase my memory, and all mental images that vex me, and in their place, grant me a vision of the icon of Perpetual Help, of Thy Most Pure Mother. Give me the strength and resolve of St. Mary of Egypt and St. John the long-suffering, and through their prayers, grant me deliverance from this thorn in the flesh. 

Give me the power to destroy the traps the enemies of my salvation set for me throughout the day and at night. At every temptation, give me the determination to sign myself with the sign of Thy cross, and say with gladness, O most precious and life-giving Cross of the Lord, help me with our holy Lady, the Virgin Mother of God, and with all the Saints throughout the ages. Amen.