MORNING PRAYER OF THE ELDERS OF OPTINA

O LORD, grant that I may meet all that this coming day brings to me with spiritual tranquility.  Grant that I may fully surrender myself to Your Holy Will.

At every hour of this day, direct and support me in all things.  Whatever news may reach me in the course of the day, teach me to accept it with a calm soul and the firm conviction that all is subject to Thy Holy Will.

 Direct my thoughts and feelings in all my words and actions.  In all unexpected occurrences, do not me forget that all is sent down from You.

Grant that I may deal straightforwardly and wisely with every member of my family neither embarassing nor saddening anyone.

O LORD, grant me the strength to endure the fatigue of the coming day and all the events that take place during it.   Direct my will and teach me to pray, to believe, to hope, to be patient, to forgive, and to love.  Amen.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.