Jesus, lover of my soul
Psalm 36:5-10 NRSV
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart!
Most high God, our loving Father, infinite in majesty,
We humbly beseech thee for all thy servants everywhere, that thou would give us a pure mind, perfect love, sincerity in conduct, purity in heart, strength in action, courage in distress, self-command in character.
May our prayers ascend to thy gracious ears and thy loving benediction descend on us all, that we may in all things be protected under the shadow of thy wings.
Grant us pardon of our sins; perfect our work; accept our prayers; protect us by thine own name, O God of Jacob; send us thy saving help from thy holy place; and strengthen us out of Zion.
Remember all thy people everywhere; give us all the grace of devotion to thy will; fulfill our desires with good gifts; and crown us with thy mercy.
When we serve thee with faithful devotion, pardon our sins and correct us with fatherly tenderness.
Grant that, being delivered from all adversity, and both here and eternally justified, we may praise thee forever and ever, saying “Holy, holy holy,” through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, who with thee and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.
(The Gallican Sacramentary – Ancient Christian Devotional, Year C, InterVarsity Press, 2009, p. 46)
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
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