Prayers of Great Traditions

(Axel Boer) #1

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Prayers of William Laud


The Morning Office


Preparation


Lord, early this morning I cry to you, for my trust is in your word.
Hear me for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.^216


Lord, I give you thanks for preserving me from the time of my birth
to this present moment and for bringing me safe to the beginning of
this day. I thank you particularly for......^217


Deliver me, Lord, from all my sins and from the rebuke of those who
mock you. We all live in shadow and are anxious in vain. But, Lord,
what is my hope? My hope is only in you. There may it continue –
acceptable in Jesus Christ, our Lord and only Saviour. Amen.^218


The Psalm(s)


Glory to the Father......


The Word of God


Eternal God and merciful Father, I pray that you will help me, so that
I may love all the things which you command and wish for the things
you promise so that, among the many changes of the world, my heart
may be firmly fixed where true joys are to be found, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.^219

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