Three Prayers That Can Change Your Life
… and Maybe Your World
A new study/fellowship group for adults will be forming soon. The group will discuss Three Prayers that Can Change Your Life and Maybe Your World. The prayers are “The Serenity Prayer,” “The Prayer of St. Francis,” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The group will meet Thursday evenings at 7:00PM in Riverside Cottage, beginning Thursday August 5. All are welcome.
Here are the three prayers that we will be discussing.
The Serenity Prayer (theologian Reinhold Niebuhr 20th century)
God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference. Amen.
The Prayer of St. Francis (Francis of Assisi 13th century)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer – ecumenical version (Jesus of Nazareth 1st century)
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
[For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever.] Amen.
