Tag: prayer

I Come, Since It Is Your Will and Command

800px-lucas_cranach_d-c384-_-_martin_luther2c_1528_28veste_coburg29_28cropped29Lord,
since it is your will and command
that I should come to you and pray,
I come.
In prayer I bring to you
what hinders me the most
and keeps me from you the most–
my sins.
They weigh heavy on my neck
and press on me hard.
But you yourself will take them from me
and forgive them for Christ’s sake.
Amen.

Source: Martin Luther, translated for A Collection of Prayers from  Gebetbuch, enthaltend die sämtlichen Gebete und Seufzer Martin Luther’s, ….Evangelischer Bücher-Verein, 1866, #5.  [Die Gebete Luthers, #101]

Herr, weil du willst und heißest, daß ich beten und zu dir kommen soll, so will ich kommen, und zu beten genug bringen, und eben das, was mich am meisten hindert und von dir zurücktreibt, welches ist meine Sünde, die mir auf dem Halse liegt und drücket, daß du dieselbe von mir nehmen und vergeben wollest, um Christi willen. Amen.

 

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When Two or Three Gather

Almighty God,
you have given us grace at this time
to make our common prayers to you,
and you promise that when two or three
are gathered together in your name
you will grant their requests.
O Lord, fulfill the desires and prayers of your servants,
as you know what is best for us,
granting us in this world knowledge of your truth,
and in the world to come, life everlasting.
Amen.

Source: St. John Chrysostom

Source of this version:  Prayers of the Early Church,  ed.  J. Manning Potts,  The Upper Room, Nashville, Tennessee, © 1953 (Public domain in the U.S.)

“two or three calling your name” is a reference to Matthew 18:20

 

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Even Two or Three

O Lord God,
you have taught us to pray all together,
and have promised to hear the united voices
of two or three calling your name;
hear now, O Lord, the prayers of your servants.
Save us, and in this world give us knowledge of your truth,
and in the world to come life everlasting;
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Source: Armenian Liturgy

Source of this version:  Prayers of the Early Church,  ed.  J. Manning Potts,  The Upper Room, Nashville, Tennessee, © 1953 (Public domain in the U.S.)

“two or three calling your name” is a reference to Matthew 18:20

This prayer is similar to an early prayer by St. John Chrysostom.

 

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