Our Morning Offering – 23 January
Twenty-four Hour Prayer of St John Chrysostum
[1] O Lord, deprive me not of Your heavenly blessings. [2] O Lord, deliver me from eternal torment. [3] O Lord, if I have sinned in my mind or thought, in word or deed, forgive me. [4] O Lord, deliver me from every ignorance and heedlessness, from pettiness of the soul and stony hardness of heart. [5] O Lord, deliver me from every temptation. [6] O Lord, enlighten my heart darkened by evil desires. [7] O Lord, I, being a human being, have sinned; You, being God, forgive me in Your loving kindness, for You know the weakness of my soul, [8] O Lord, send down Your grace to help me, that I may glorify Your holy Name. [9] O Lord Jesus Christ, inscribe me, Your servant, in the Book of Life and grant me a blessed end. [10] O Lord my God, even if I have done nothing good in Your sight, yet grant me, according to Your grace, that I may make a start in doing good. [11] O Lord, sprinkle on my heart the dew of Your grace. [12] O Lord of heaven and earth remember me, Your sinful servant, cold of heart and impure, in Your kingdom. [13] O Lord, receive me in repentance. [14] O Lord, leave me not. [15] O Lord, save me from temptation. [16] O Lord, grant me pure thoughts. [17] O Lord, grant me tears of repentance, remembrance of death and the sense of peace. [18] O Lord, grant me mindfulness to confess my sins. [19] O Lord, grant me humility, charity and obedience. [20] O Lord, grant me magnanimity and gentleness. [21] O Lord, implant in me the root of all blessings, the fear of You in my heart. [22] O Lord, vouchsafe that I may love You with all my heart and soul and that I may obey in all things Your will. [23] O Lord, shield me form evil persons and devils and passions and all other lawless matters. [24] O Lord, who knows Your creation and that which You have willed for it, may Your will also be fulfilled in me, a sinner, for You are blessed forevermore. Amen.
(via Anastpaul – Page 2 – Breathing Catholic)
