My Lord and my God,
take from me everything
that distances me from you.
My Lord and my God,
give me everything
that brings me closer to you.
My Lord and my God,
detach me from myself
to give my all to you.
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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace
that I may love where people hate
that I may forgive where there is offense
that I may unite where there is conflict
that I may speak truth where there is confusion
that I bring faith where there is doubt
that I awaken hope where despair torments
that I may bring light where darkness reigns
that I may bring joy where sorrow dwells.
Lord, let me seek
not that I may be comforted, but that I may comfort
not that I may be understood, but that I may understand
not that I may be loved, but that I may love.
For he who gives himself receives
he who forgets himself finds
he who forgives is forgiven
and he who dies awakens to eternal life.
The prayer is usually attributed to St. Francis. However, the authorship is disputed. Even if Francis should not be the author, I am sure that he would have enjoyed it.
A person who is doing well has a lot of energy to think about philosophical thoughts and to question everything a thousand times.
But he who is in great distress knows only one thought:
“Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!”
Make the prayer of the distressed your daily bread.
Everything else is optional.
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