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In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shalt multiply strength in my soul. - Ps cxxxvii.3
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A JUBILEE PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
God, you chose us to be holy and blameless before you; we confess lives that do not truly show that we follow you. We seek far more our own advantage than your will, following our own concerns and paying more attention to other voices than to your Word.
Lord, we stand before you with our sins and our shortcomings
God, you have destined us for adoption as your children through Jesus Christ. We confess difficulty accepting one another as brothers and sisters. Building walls and barriers, we deny love and respect to one another. By words and deeds, both done and undone, we do not live the truth of having been made your children, one family in Christ.
Lord, we stand before you with our sins and our shortcomings
God, you have lavished on us the riches of your grace and have made known to us the mystery of your will, to gather up all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth; we confess having sight of your riches and the goal of your grace. We have forgotten your reconciliation embraces all; we forget that the hope of this world lies in you and we find ourselves working together for division, conflict and enmity.
Lord, we stand before you with our sins and our shortcomings
God, you have given us your Word of truth and the gift of your Holy Spirit; we confess having given too litle room to your Word and your Spirit among us. Drawing water from our own wells, they dry up. We turn away from the means of renewal and stifle your Spirit in self-sufficiency, indifference and laziness.
Lord, we stand before you with our sins and our shortcomings. Grant us your mercy and grace, for in Christ we have redemption through his blood and the forgiveness of sins.
Oh Lord, our God, in this new millennium, grant that all those who work for the unity of the Christians might persist in hope. Bring about our reconciliation as Christians and churches, despite all that divides us. Pour out the Holy Spirit upon your people that He might encourage us against all odds to expect that your will and pupose might yet be accomplished, that when our faith is tested, we too will rejoice even in our sufferering, believing that what we endure for the sake of Christian unity might renew us in hope, to the praise of your glory. Amen
ST. PATRICK'S BREASTPLATE
I arise today through the strength of heaven:
Light of sun,
Radiance of moon, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, Depth of sea, Stability of earth, Firmness of rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me:
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's eye to look before me,
God's ear to hear me,
God's word to speak for me,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
God's host to save me,
From snares of devils, From temptations of vices,
From everyone who shall wish me ill,
Afar and anear, Alone and in a multitude.
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the threeness,
Through confession of the oneness
Of the Creator of Creation.
- translated from Gaelic by Kuno Meyer (1859-1919)
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