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Friday, October 12, 2012

Prayer of St. Francis

Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty, Who is and Who was and Who is to come
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Lord our God, You are worthy to receive praise and glory and honor and blessing
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
The Lamb Who was slain is worthy to receive power and divinity and wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and blessing
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Let us bless the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit:
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Sing praise to our God, all you His servants and you who fear God, the small and the great.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Let heaven and earth praise Him Who is glorious
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
And every creature that is in heaven and on earth and under earth and in the sea and those which are in them.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit:
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Let us praise and glorify Him forever.
Let us pray:
All-powerful, most holy, most high, and supreme God:
all good,
supreme good,
totally good,
You Who alone are good; may we give You all praise, all glory, all thanks, all honor:
all blessing,
and all good things.
So be it.
So be it.
Amen.
O OUR most holy FATHER,
Our Creator, Redeemer, Consoler, and Savior
WHO ARE IN HEAVEN:
In the angels and in the saints,
Enlightening them to love, because You, Lord, are light
Inflaming them to love, because You, Lord, are love
Indwelling and filling them with happiness, because You, Lord, are the Supreme Good,
the Eternal Good
from Whom comes all good
without Whom there is no good.
HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME:
Mav our knowledge of You become ever clearer that we may know the breadth of Your blessings
the length of Your promises
the height of Your majesty
the depth of Your judgments.
YOUR KINGDOM COME:
So that You may rule in us through Your grace
and enable us to come to Your kingdom
where there is an unclouded vision of You
a perfect love of You
a blessed campanionship with You
an eternal enjoyment of You.
YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN:
That we may love You with our whole heart by always thinking
of You
with our whole soul by always desiring You
with our whole mind by directing all our
intentions to You and by seeking Your
glory in everything
and with our whole strength by spending all our energies and affections
of soul and body
in the service of Your love
and of nothing else
and may we love our neighbors as ourselves
by drawing them all with our whole strength to Your love
by rejoicing in the good fortunes of others as well as our
own
and by sympathizing with the misfortunes of others
and by giving offense to no one.
GIVE US THIS DAY:
in memory and understanding and reverence
of the love which You in our Lord Jesus Christ had for us
and of those things which He said and did and suffered for us.
OUR DAILY BREAD:
Your own Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES:
Through Your ineffable mercy
through the power of the Passion of Your Beloved Son together with the merits and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all Your chosen ones.
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST
US:
And whatever we do not forgive perfectly, do you, Lord, enable us to forgive to the full so that we may truly love our enemies and fervently intercede for them before You returning no one evil for evil
and striving to help everyone in You.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
Hidden or obvious
Sudden or persistent.
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL
Past, present and to come.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

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