O great and most holy Father Basil, glorious teacher of the universal Church, all-zealous champion of the glory of the Most Holy Trinity, the Mother of God and Her most immaculate virginity, the chosen confessor, most luminous of purity, humility and patience! Now, being a great sinner and unworthy of looking up to the heights of heaven, I humbly pray to you, O wise teacher of the Church of Christ: teach me to lead my life in such a God-fearing way, and never take a path that is contrary to God’s command, deviate or be seduced. Protect and deliver me through your powerful intercession from the temptations of the world and the snares of the devil, just as you delivered from them the young man who retreated from our Sweetest Savior and fell into the power of Satan. Grant me spiritual strength, so that I can be a zealous imitator of your high virtue: make me right in faith, firm and unshakable, strengthen the faint-hearted in patience and trust in the Lord, kindle in my heart the true love of Christ, so that I desire heavenly blessings above all others and enjoy them.
Ask the Lord for my sincere contrition for my sins, so that I will spend the rest of my life in peace, repentance and fulfillment of the commandments of Christ. When the hour of my death draws near, you, O blessed Father, with the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, then speed up to help, protect me from the evil slander of the enemy, and grant me the heir to be the heavenly villages, and together with you and all the saints of the unapproachable God I will appear before the throne of Majesty, and I will glorify and sing the Life-Giving, Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity, ever and ever and ever.