With confidence in your goodness and mercy, Lord, I come to you, as a sick person to the healer, as one hungry and thirsty to the fountain of life, a creature to the creator, a desolate soul to my own tender comforter. All I can desire is in you. You are my salvation and my redemption, my hope and my strength. Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Source: Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471), revised from Prayers Ancient and Modern.
Lord, you cleanse us from all sin. Comfort us who faithfully call on you. Blot out our transgressions and restore us from death to the land of the living; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Source: Sarum Breviary, A.D. 1085, revised from Prayers Ancient and Modern.
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