“O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress!…”
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O Lord, my God and my Haven in my distress!
My Shield and my Shelter in my
woes! My Asylum and Refuge in time of need
and in my loneliness my Companion! In my anguish
my Solace, and in my solitude a loving
Friend! The Remover of the pangs of my sorrows
and the Pardoner of my sins!
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Wholly unto Thee do I turn, fervently imploring
Thee with all my heart, my mind and my
tongue, to shield me from all that runs counter to
Thy will in this, the cycle of Thy divine unity, and
to cleanse me of all defilement that will hinder me
from seeking, stainless and unsullied, the shade
of the tree of Thy grace.
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Have mercy, O Lord, on the feeble, make
whole the sick, and quench the burning thirst.
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Gladden the bosom wherein the fire of Thy
love doth smolder, and set it aglow with the flame
of Thy celestial love and spirit.
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Robe the tabernacles of divine unity with the
vesture of holiness, and set upon my head the
crown of Thy favor.
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Illumine my face with the radiance of the orb
of Thy bounty, and graciously aid me in ministering
at Thy holy threshold.
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Make my heart overflow with love for Thy
creatures and grant that I may become the sign of
Thy mercy, the token of Thy grace, the promoter
of concord amongst Thy loved ones, devoted
unto Thee, uttering Thy commemoration
and forgetful of self but ever mindful of what is
Thine.
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O God, my God! Stay not from me the gentle
gales of Thy pardon and grace, and deprive me
not of the wellsprings of Thine aid and favor.
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‘Neath the shade of Thy protecting wings let
me nestle, and cast upon me the glance of Thine
all-protecting eye.
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Loose my tongue to laud Thy name amidst Thy
people, that my voice may be raised in great assemblies
and from my lips may stream the flood
of Thy praise.
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Thou art, in all truth, the Gracious, the Glorified,
the Mighty, the Omnipotent.
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