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A friend sent me “The Universal Prayer”, apparently attributed to Pope Clement XI, because it talks about pilgrims \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith.<\/span> I worship you as my first beginning,<\/span> Guide me by your wisdom,<\/span> I offer you, Lord, my thoughts: to be fixed on you;<\/span> I want to do what you ask of me:<\/span> Lord, enlighten my understanding,<\/span> Help me to repent of my past sins<\/span> Let me love you, my\u00a0Lord\u00a0and my God,<\/span> Help me to conquer\u00a0anger\u00a0with gentleness,<\/span> Make me prudent in planning,<\/span> Keep me, Lord, attentive at prayer,<\/span> Let my\u00a0conscience\u00a0be clear,<\/span> Teach me to realize that this world is passing,<\/span> Help me to prepare for death<\/span> Grant this through\u00a0Christ\u00a0our Lord. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A friend sent me “The Universal Prayer”, apparently attributed to Pope Clement XI, because it talks about pilgrims \ud83d\ude42 Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith. I trust in you: strengthen my trust. I love you: let me love you more and more. I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow. I worship you as my first beginning,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4069,4940,4941],"class_list":["post-68442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-pilgrim","tag-pope-clement-xi","tag-the-universal-prayer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68577,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68442\/revisions\/68577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI trust in you: strengthen my trust.<\/span>
\nI love you: let me love you more and more.<\/span>
\nI am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nI long for you as my last end,<\/span>
\nI praise you as my constant helper,<\/span>
\nAnd call on you as my loving protector.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCorrect me with your justice,<\/span>
\nComfort me with your mercy,<\/span>
\nProtect me with your power.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMy words: to have you for their theme;<\/span>
\nMy actions: to reflect my love for you;<\/span>
\nMy sufferings: to be endured for your greater glory.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIn the way you ask,<\/span>
\nFor as long as you ask,<\/span>
\nBecause you ask it.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nStrengthen my will,<\/span>
\nPurify my heart,<\/span>
\nand make me holy.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAnd to resist\u00a0temptation\u00a0in the future.<\/span>
\nHelp me to rise above my human weaknesses<\/span>
\nAnd to grow stronger as a Christian.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAnd see myself as I really am:<\/span>
\nA pilgrim in this world<\/strong>,<\/span>
\nA\u00a0Christian\u00a0called to respect and love<\/span>
\nAll whose lives I touch,<\/span>
\nThose under my authority,<\/span>
\nMy friends and my enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nGreed by generosity,<\/span>
\nApathy by fervor.<\/span>
\nHelp me to forget myself<\/span>
\nAnd reach out toward others.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nCourageous in taking risks.<\/span>
\nMake me patient in suffering, unassuming in prosperity.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nTemperate in food and drink,<\/span>
\nDiligent in my work,<\/span>
\nFirm in my\u00a0good\u00a0intentions.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMy conduct without fault,<\/span>
\nMy speech blameless,<\/span>
\nMy\u00a0life\u00a0well-ordered.<\/span>
\nPut me on guard against my human weaknesses.<\/span>
\nLet me cherish your love for me,<\/span>
\nKeep your law,<\/span>
\nAnd come at last to your salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThat my true future is the\u00a0happiness\u00a0of heaven,<\/span>
\nThat\u00a0life\u00a0on earth is short,<\/span>
\nAnd the\u00a0life\u00a0to come eternal.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWith a proper fear of judgment,<\/span>
\nBut a greater trust in your goodness.<\/span>
\nLead me safely through death<\/span>
\nTo the endless joy of heaven.<\/span><\/p>\n