Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Prayers from 1/17 Gathering

O Lord,

give us a mind

that is humble, quiet, peaceable,

patient and charitable,
and a taste of your Holy Spirit
in all our thoughts, words, and deeds.
O Lord,

give us a lively faith, a firm hope,

a fervant charity, a love of you.
Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation

and all dullness in prayer.

Give us fervor and delight in thinking of you,

your grace, and your tender compassion toward us.
Give us,good Lord,

the grace to work for

the things we pray for.
--St Thomas More, 1478-1535


My Lord God
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following
your will does not mean
that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that my desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope that I have that desire
in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this
you will lead me by the right road
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me
to face my perils alone.
- Thomas Merton

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