Thursday, February 28, 2013
Prayer for myself.
Spare us, Father!
Our hearts are prone to stray, chasing after the things that will only destroy us.
Spare us from pride, a blindness of heart, and a refusal to seek your will
from envy, malice, and uncharitableness towards others
from the lusts of the flesh and weakness in the face of temptation
from discontent and longing for what we can’t have
from godless ambition and seeking our own glory
from the deceitfulness of riches
from anxiety and prayerlessness
from laziness, busyness and trivialities.
Spare us, Father, from these sins and from all other things that distract us from the glory of Jesus Christ in whom we have forgiveness and all the riches of the world to come.
Amen.
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And Amen.
ReplyDeletePersonal version :
ReplyDeleteSpare me, Father!
My heart is prone to stray, chasing after the things that will only destroy me.
Spare me from pride, a blindness of heart, and a refusal to seek your will
from envy, malice, and uncharitableness towards others
from the lusts of the flesh and weakness in the face of temptation
from discontent and longing for what we can’t have
from godless ambition and seeking our own glory
from the deceitfulness of riches
from anxiety and prayerlessness
from laziness, busyness and trivialities.
Spare me, Father, from these sins and from all other things that distract me from the glory of Jesus Christ in whom I have forgiveness and all the riches of the world to come.
Amen.
Perhaps put more thought into the address to God, so that you pick up the themes of your prayer?
ReplyDeleteLikewise, the great prayers tend to finish with an 'in the name of' ... a reminder of the nature of prayer itself?
#1 - Yep. I should think more about that.
Delete#2 - Not sure. I've been reading the prayer book. It doesn't seem to be standard there. What do you think are the great prayers.
Amen.
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