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Franciscan
Spirituality
Prayer
for Peace
The
Canticle of All Creatures
Pray
of Total Offering
Prayer
before the Crucifix
Prayer
Inspired by the Our Father
Becoming
a Franciscan Minor or Contemplation in Service
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Prayer
Inspired by the Our Father
O Our
Father most holy:
Our Creator, Redeemer, Consoler, and Savior
Who are
in heaven:
In the angels and the saints,
enlightening them to know, for You, Lord, are light;
inflaming them to love, for You, Lord, are love;
dwelling in them and filling them with happiness,
for You are Supreme Good, the Eternal Good,
from Whom all good comes
without Whom there is no good.
Holy be
Your Name:
May knowledge of You become clearer in us
that we may know
the breadth of Your blessings,
the length of Your promises,
the height of Your majesty,
the depth of Your judgements.
Your kingdom
come:
That You may rule in us through Your grace
and enable us to come to Your kingdom
where there is clear vision of You,
perfect love of You,
blessed companionship with You,
eternal enjoyment of You.
Your will
be done on earth as in heaven:
That we may love You
with our whole heart by always thinking of you,
with our whole soul by always desiring You,
with our whole mind by always directing all our intentions to
You,
and by seeking Your glory in everything,
with all our whole strength by exerting
all our energies and affections of body and soul
in service of Your love and of nothing else;
and we may love our neighbours as ourselves
by drawing them all to Your love with our whole strength,
by rejoicing in the good of others as in our own,
by suffering with others at their misfortunes,
and by giving offence to no one.
Give us
this day:
in remembrance, understanding, and reverence
of that love which (our Lord Jesus Christ) had for us
and of those things that He said and did and suffered for us.
our daily
Bread:
Your own beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Forgive
us our trespasses:
through Your ineffable mercy
through the power of the passion of Your beloved Son
and through the merits and intercession
of the ever-blessed Virgin and all Your elect.
As we
forgive those who trespass against us:
And what we do not completely forgive,
make us, Lord, forgive completely
that we may truly love our enemies because of You
and we fervently intercede for them before You,
returning no one evil for evil;
and we strive to help everyone in You.
And lead
us not into temptation:
hidden or obvious,
sudden or persistent.
But deliver
us from evil:
past,
present,
and to come.
Glory to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen.
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