GOD LISTENS
Psalm
5:1-3
Give
ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my
King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
May the strength of God pilot us.
May the power of God preserve us.
May the wisdom of God instruct us.
May the hand of God protect us.
May the way of God direct us.
May the shield of God defend us.
May the host of God guard us
– Against the snares of the evil ones,
– Against temptations of the world.
May Christ be with us!
May Christ be before us!
May Christ be in us,
Christ be over all!
May thy salvation, Lord,
Always be ours,
This day, O Lord, and evermore.
Saint Patrick
The Macmillan Book of Earliest Christian Prayers, By
R. Forrester Church & Terrence J. Mulry, pg. 113.
