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| Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spirtui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen |
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| We thank you O Lord for the inspiration you gave us through your servant, Benedict. All great things begin in silence and St. Benedict founded the way of life that is built upon silence. We all need to collect our thoughts and begin to listen to the voice of God. From silence great things can arise. Amen. |
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| God grant me the serenity to accept those things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen. |
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| O God, I firmly believe all the truths that you have revealed and that you teach us through your Church for you are truth itself and can neither deceive nor be deceived. Amen. |
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| O God, I hope with complete trust that you will give me, through the merits of Jesus Christ, all necessary grace in this world and everlasting life in the world to come, for this is what you have promised and you always keep your promises. Amen. |
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| O God, I love you with my whole heart abo e all things, because you are infinitely good; and for your sake I love my neighbor as I love myself. Amen. |
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| Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me. I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more. Amen. |
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| Prayer to the Holy Spirit |
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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love.
V. Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall be created
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O God, Who did instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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| Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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| St. Francis Xavier Prayer |
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| God our Father, by the preaching of Francis Xavier you brought many nations to yourself. Give his zeal for the faith to all who believe in you, that your Church may rejoice in continued growth throughout the world. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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