Guide us by your wisdom. Correct us with your justice.
Comfort us with your mercy. Protect us with your power.
We offer you, Lord, our thoughts, to be fixed on You.
Our words to have You for their theme.
Our actions to reflect our love for You.
Our sufferings to be endured for Your greater glory.
We want to do what You ask of us, in the way that You asked,
for as long as You ask, because You asked it.
Lord, enlighten our understanding. Strengthen our will.
Purify our hearts and make us holy men and women.
Help us to repent of our past sins
and to resist temptation in the future.
Help us to rise above our human weaknesses
and to grow stronger as Christians.
Let us love You, our Lord and our God.
And see You for ourselves as You really are.
And to see ourselves as we really are, pilgrims in this world.
Christians called to respect and love all those whose lives we touch,
Those in authority over us, or those under our authority.
Our friends, our enemies, our families.
Help us to conquer anger with gentleness,
greed with generosity, apathy with fervor.
Help us to forget ourselves, to reach out to others.
Make us prudent in planning, courageous in taking risks.
Make us patient in suffering, unassuming in prosperity.
Keep us, Lord, attentive in prayer, tempered in food and drink,
diligent in our work, firm in our good intentions.
Let our consciences be clear, our conduct without fault,
our speech blameless, our life well ordered.
Put us on guard against our human weaknesses.
Let us cherish Your love, keep your law,
and come at last to Your salvation.
Teach us, Lord, to realize that this world is passing,
that our true future is the happiness of heaven,
that life on earth is short, and the life to come is eternal.
Help us to prepare for death, with a proper fear of judgment,
but a greater trust in Your goodness.
Lead us safely through death to the endless joy of heaven, Lord.
Grant this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
