Almighty God,
you commanded us
to pray to you without ceasing.
Let your Holy Spirit teach us how to pray.
Help us rightly understand what we truly lack,
and have a sense of our many weaknesses,
that we may obtain relief for all our needs;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Source: Freely modified from Euchologion. A collection of Prayers, etc. for the use of families, 1847, p. 56.
This prayer is a reflection on 1 Thessalonians 5:17 and Romans 8:26.
Original in traditional English:
Almighty God, Who hast commanded us to pray to Thee without ceasing, let Thy Holy Spirit teach us how to pray; give us a just apprehension of our real wants, and a sense of our manifold infirmities, that we may obtain relief for all our necessities, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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