This is one of my favorite prayers which I attempt (often badly) to pray each day. Oh those distracting, stupid thoughts ever crowding my mind and heart. For some of you, it will be familiar; for others it will be completely new. Each time I begin to grasp its words, it becomes more meaningful to me.
A Prayer for Peace
Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow
O Lord, grant me to greet the coming day in peace. Help me in all things to rely upon your holy will. In every hour of the day, reveal thy will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me. Teach me to treat all that comes to me throughout the day with peace of soul and with firm conviction that thy will governs all. In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all are sent by thee. Teach me to act firmly and wisely without embittering and embarrassing others. Give me the strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Direct my will, teach me to pray, and pray thou thyself in me. Amen.
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