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Chapter 61LaudDevot.1.61

Quotidie.

A Daily Plea for Grace

The petitioner seeks divine forgiveness for past failings and strength to overcome future temptations.

O Lord, forgive me for all my past sins. O Lord, strengthen me against all temptations, especially the temptations of, etc.

Gratitude and Faithful Perseverance

The prayer shifts to thanksgiving for past deliverance and a request for the grace to remain faithful until the end of life.

O Lord, fill my heart with thankfulness, and I offer you my most humble and heartfelt thanks for the great deliverance from the rage and fury of the multitude. O Lord, let the same wings of your merciful protection be spread over me all the days of my life. O Lord, give me a faithful, patient, penitent, and persevering heart in your service, so that I may expect with comfort, daily and even hourly, when my changing shall come. So be it, Lord Jesus. Amen.

Read the original Latin

O Lord, forgive me all my sins that are past. O Lord, strengthen me against all Temptations, especially the Temptations of, &c.

O Lord, fill my heart with thankfulness: and I do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for the great deliverance of me from the rage and fury of the Multitude. O Lord, let the same wings of thy merciful protection be spread over me all the daies of my life. O Lord, give me a faithful, a patient, a penitent, a persevering heart in thy service; that so I may with comfort daily nay hourly expect when my Changing shall come. So Amen, Lord Iesu. Amen.

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