Monday, July 8, 2013

Prayer for the Storms of Life


Prayer for the Storms of Life

THOU seest, O LORD, how on all sides the winds are let loose upon us, and the sea is growing rough with the violent commotion of the waves. Do Thou, we beseech Thee, who alone art able, command the winds and the waves. Restore to mankind that true peace which the world cannot give, the peace which comes of good order. Let men impelled by thy grace return to a right and orderly course of life, practising again, as they ought, love towards GOD, justice and charity in dealing with their neighbour, temperance and self control in their own lives. May thy kingdom come, and may those who now vainly and laboriously seek for truth and salvation, far removed from Thee, understand that they must live as thy servants in subjection to Thee. Thy laws show forth thy justice and paternal gentleness, and to enable us to keep them, Thou dost freely supply by thy grace the ready means. The life of man on earth is a warfare, but "Thou dost thyself behold the strife, Thou dost help man to conquer, raise him when he falls, and crown him when he is victorious."

From the Raccolta
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