Prayers

From The Pocket Book of Prayers:

O God, our father, by whose mercy and might the world turns safely into darkness and returns again into light: we give into your hands our unfinished tasks, our unresolved problems, and our unfulfilled hopes, knowing that only that which you bless will prosper.  To your great love and protection we commit each other and all your people, knowing that you alone are our sure defender; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
-South India Prayer


Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love.  For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
-Saint Francis of Assisi


Father, it is a humbling thing to be died for.  On this day let me remember that Jesus Christ, your Son, did exactly that for me.  And he went to his death knowing full well how often I would forget his love.  Let no pride keep me from kneeling at the foot of that cross.  In the name of Jesus my Savior I pray.  Amen.
-Peter Marshall