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The Prayer - You Are Christ (By Saint Augustine ofHippo.)

You are Christ,my Holy Father,my Tender God,my Great King,my Good Shepherd,my Only Master,my Best Helper,my Most Beautiful and my Beloved,my Living Bread,my Priest Forever,my Leader to my Country,my True Light,my Holy Sweetness,my Straight Way,my Excellent Wisdom,my Pure Simplicity,my Peaceful Harmony,my Entire Protection,my Good Portion,my Everlasting Salvation.

Christ Jesus, Sweet Lord,why have I ever loved,

why in my whole lifehave I ever desired anything except You,Jesus my God?Where was I when I was not in spirit with You?Now, from this time forth,do you, all my desires, grow hot,and flow out upon the Lord Jesus:run... you have been tardy until now;hasten where you are going;seek Whom you are seeking.O,Jesus may he who loves You

not be an anathema;may he who loves Younot be filled with bitterness.

O, Sweet Jesus,may every good feeling that is fitted for Your praise,love You, delight in You, adore You!God of my heart,

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and my Portion, Christ Jesus,may my heart faint away in spirit,and may You be my Life within me!May the live coal of Your Lovegrow hot within my spirit

and break forth into a perfect fire;may it burn incessantly on the altar of my heart;may it glow in my innermost being;may it blaze in hidden recesses of my soul;and in the days of my consummationmay I be found consummated with You!

Amen.

Prayer for Forgiveness

Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed fromthy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices anddesires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. Wehave left undone those things which we ought to have done, and wehave done those things which we ought not to have done, and there isno health in us.

But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Spare thouthem, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that arepenitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ

Jesus our Lord.

And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafterlive a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holyname.Amen.

Prayers of Guidance, Repentance, Reparation andForgiveness

To the Holy Spirit (on this blessed Pentecost)Breathe into me, oh Holy Spirit,

So that my thoughts may be holy;Move me, oh Holy SpiritSo that my actions may be holy;Attract me, oh Holy Spirit,so that I love what is holy;Strengthen me, oh Holy Spirit,so that I defend what is holy;

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Protect me, oh Holy Spirit,so that I will never lose what is holy