O valiant maiden, most pure St. Agnes! By the burning love which inflamed thy heart and preserved thee from harm in the midst of the flames of passion and of the stake, with which the enemies of Jesus Christ sought to destroy thee; obtain for us from God that no unclean flame may set our hearts aglow but only that fire which Jesus Christ came to enkindle upon the earth, so that having spent a spotless life in the exercise of this beautiful virtue, we may merit to share in the glory which thou didst merit by the purity of thy heart and thy martyrdom. Amen.