28 Prayers of Great Traditions
I pray for all in authority and for the needs of the world......
May the needy be turned and seek you, so they may find you there
in their heart, near to those who confess and cast themselves upon
your mercy and weep in sorrow for all their painful ways. Gently
wipe away their tears, and though they weep more let them find joy
in weeping, because you, Lord – not mere flesh and blood, but you,
Lord, who made them – renew and comfort them. Amen.^101
Our Father......
Conclusion
My God, I give thanks and recall your mercies to me. May my
very bones be filled with your love so I say, ‘Who is like you, Lord?
You have broken my chains; I offer you a sacrifice of praise.’ How
completely you have broken them! All who worship you, when they
hear, will say, ‘The Lord is to be praised, in heaven and in earth, great
and wonderful is his name.’ Amen.^102
The Evening Office
Preparation, penitence and praise
Lord my God, I have chosen crooked paths; I am an unhappy, proud
soul who hoped by turning from you to gain something better. I
have tossed and turned, on back and side and front, but all has been
hard – because you alone are rest. But you are near and you deliver
us from our wandering, place us in your way, and offer comfort. And
you say, ‘Run, I will carry you; I will bring you through; I will carry
you to the very end.’ Praise to you, glory to you, Fountain of mercies.
Amen.^103