18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others We bring before you, O Lord, the troubles and perils of people and nations, the sighing of prisoners and captives, the sorrows of the bereaved, the necessities of strangers, the helplessness of the weak, the despondency of the weary, the failing powers of the aged. O [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know now to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Make me a captive, Lord, and then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, and I shall conq’ror be. I sink in life’s alarms when by myself I stand, Imprison me within your arms, and strong shall be my hand. My heart [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Teach me, O God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith. Amen. -Soren Kierkegaard

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others . Our Father, you made us. You made us so that we are restless until we rest in you. Accept, we beseech you, those pressure points in life where we know we need you. And help us. For you are our Father and we know who [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Our sin lies in nothing else but in loving what you hate and hating what you love. I confess, eternal God, that I have constantly loved what you hate and hated what you love. But today I cry out in the presence of your mercy: grant [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Give us, Lord, a humble, quiet, peaceable, patient, tender and charitable mind, and in all our thoughts, words and deeds a taste of the Holy Spirit.  Give us, Lord, a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of you.  Take from us all [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. God, of your goodness give me yourself for you are sufficient for me. I cannot properly ask anything less, to be worthy of you. If I were to ask less, I should always be in want. In you alone do I have all. Amen.  -Julian of [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. God our Father, we rejoice in the faith that draws us together, aware that selfishness can drive us apart. Let your encouragement be our constant strength. Keep us one in the love that has sealed our lives, help us to live as one family the gospel [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others. Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it. Dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love [...]