Prayers of the Church

LUTHER’S MORNING PRAYER
In the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I thank you, my Heavenly Father,
through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have kept me this night
from all harm and danger;
and I pray that You would keep me
this day also from sin and every evil,
that all my doings and life may please You.
For into Your hands I commend myself,
my body and soul, and all things.
Let Your holy angel be with me,
that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
LUTHER’S EVENING PRAYER
In the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
I thank you, my heavenly Father,
through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son,
that You have graciously kept me this day;
and I pray that You would forgive me
all my sins where I have done wrong,
and graciously keep me this night.
For into Your hands, I commend myself,
my body and soul, and all things.
Let Your holy angel be with me,
that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

 

Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I
may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.
(Attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226 A.D.)
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