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Prayer of Saint Ambrose
Lord, teach me to see Thee,
and reveal Thyself to me when I seek Thee.
For I cannot find Thee unless Thou teach me,
nor find Thee except if Thou reveal Thyself.
Let me seek Thee in longing.
Let me long for Thee in seeking.
Let me find Thee in love,
and love Thee in finding.
Amen
Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is discord, unity.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is sadness, joy.
Where these is darkness, light.
Divine Master, grant me that I may not so much seek,
To be consoled, as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
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 are born to eternal life.
Amen.
Prayer of Saint Ignatius
Dearest Lord,
Teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve.
To give and not count the cost,
To fight and not heed the wounds,
To labor and not seek to rest,
To give of myself and not ask for reward,
Except the reward of knowing
that I am doing you will.
Amen.
Prayer of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Creator of all things,
True source of light and wisdom,
Lofty origin of all being,
Graciously let a ray of your brilliance
penetrate into the darkness of my understanding,
and take from me the double darkness
in which I have been born -
an obscurity of both sin and ignorance.
Give me a sharp sense of understanding,
a retentive memory,
and the ability to grasp things correctly.
Grant me the talent of being exact in my explanations,
and the ability to express myself with thoroughness.
Point out the beginning.
Direct my progress, and help in the completion.And I ask this through Christ our Lord,
Amen.
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