A Lenten Prayer for a Clean Heart
Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor. The prayer below was a beautiful prayer he prayed during Lent.
Create a clean heart in me, O God: a humble heart, a meek heart, a peaceful heart, a benevolent heart, a devout heart which does evil to no one, which does not repay evil for evil, but overcomes evil with good, which loves You above all things, thinks always about You, speaks about You, gives You thanks, delights in hymns and spiritual songs, and has its citizenship in heaven. Amen.