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THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER

ATTRIBUTED TO POPE CLEMENT XI
 
 
 
 
 
Lord, I believe in you:  increase my faith.
 
I trust in you:  strengthen my trust.
 
I love you:  let me love you more and more.
 
I am sorry for my sins:  deepen my sorrow.
 
 
I worship you as my first beginning,
 
I long for you as my last end,
 
I praise you as my constant helper, and
 
call on you as my loving protector.
 
 
 
Guide me by your wisdom,                  
  
Correct me with your justice,
 
Comfort me with your mercy,
 
Protect me with your power.
 
 
 
I offer you, Lord, my thoughts:  to be
 
fixed on you;                              
 
My words:  to have you for their theme;
 
My actions:  to reflect my love for you;
 
My sufferings:  to be endured for your
 
greater glory.
 
 
 
I want to do what you ask of me:
 
In the way you ask,    
 
For as long as you ask,
 
Because you ask it.      
 
 
 
Lord, enlighten my understanding,
 
Strengthen my will,                
 
Purify my heart, and make me holy.
 
Help me to repent of my past sins and         
 
      to resist temptation in the future.         
 
Help me to rise above my human   
 
weaknesses and to grow stronger as a
 
Christian.                               
 
 
 
Let me love you, my Lord and my           
 
God, and see myself as I really am:
 
a pilgrim in this world,       
 
a Christian called to respect
 
and love                          
 
all whose lives I touch,                
 
those in authority over me   
 
or those under my authority,
 
my friends and my enemies.
 
 
 
Help me to conquer anger with gentleness,
 
Greed by generosity,                        
 
Apathy by fervor.                             
 
Help me to forget myself and reach out      
 
 toward others.                                 
 
 
 
Make me prudent in planning,                   
 
courageous in taking risks.              
 
Make me patient in suffering,                       
         
  unassuming in prosperity.                 
 
 Keep me, Lord, attentive at prayer,              
 
  Temperate in food and drink,               
 
Diligent in my work,                          
 
Firm in my good intentions.              
 
    Let my conscience be clear,                            
 
my conduct without fault,                 
 
my speech blameless,                      
 
my life well-ordered.                        
 
 
 
       Put me on guard against my human                    
          
weaknesses.                                     
                 
Let me cherish your love for me,                     
 
Keep your law, and                   
 
Come at last to your Salvation.
 
 
 
Teach me to realize that this world is              
 
 passing,                                                
 
 That my true future is the happiness of          
    
heaven,                                                 
 
 That life on earth is short,                               
 
And the life to come eternal.                          
 
 
Help me to prepare for death with a                 
 
proper fear of judgment, but a                
 
greater trust in your goodness.               
 
   Lead me safely through death to the                     
 
 endless joy of heaven.                             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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