Prayer for God's Help 

(Augustine of Hippo)

O God, from whom to be turned is to fall,

to whom to be turned to is to rise,

and with whom to stand is to abide for ever;

grant us in all our duties your help,

in all our perplexities your guidance,

in all our dangers your protection,

and in all our sorrows your peace,

through Jesus Christ our Lord

Amen

Day by Day

(Richard of Chichester)

Thanks be to thee,

Lord Jesus Christ,

for all the benefits

which thou hast won for us, 

for all the pains and insults

which thou hast borne for us.

O most merciful Redeemer,

Friend and Brother,

may we know thee more clearly,

love thee more dearly

and follow thee more nearly,

day by day

Instrument of Your Peace 

(Francis of Assisi)

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where is hatred, let me sow low,

where there is injury, pardon,

Where there is doubt, faith

Where there is despair, hope,

Where there is darkness, light,

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,

not so much to be understood as to understand,

not so much to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

it is in dying, that we awake to eternal life.

Simplicity and Joy

(From the rule of Taize)

O Lord Jesus Christ, help us to maintain ourselves in simplicity and in joy, the joy of the merciful, the joy of brotherly love. Grant that, renouncing henceforth all thought of looking back, and joyful with infinite gratitude, we may never fear to precede the dawn, to praise and bless and sing to Christ our Lord.

Prayers taken from "The Lion Book of Famous Prayers" compiled by Veronica Zundel