Monday, March 8, 2010

Prayer from afar

My son, Benjamin, is Eastern Orthodox....he shared this prayer with me...

By Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow

O Lord, grant that I may greet the coming day in peace. Help me to rely upon your holy will at every moment. In every hour of the day, reveal your will to me. Bless my association with all who surround me. Teach me to treat whatever may happen to me throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that your will governs all. In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all are sent by you. Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Direct my will. Teach me to pray. Pray yourself in me. Amen.


I offer it to you...may it bless your day...and may your Lenten Journey continue to unfold before you in wonder-filled ways...

1 comment:

aka Martha said...

People collect just about everything imaginable.

I will add this exquisite prayer to my personal prayer collection.

Thank you, Pamela.