Forgiveness
5 prayers
PRAYER OF ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, 1347-1380
O eternal Trinity, with the light of understanding I have tasted and seen the depths of your mystery and the beauty of your creation. In seeing myself in you, I have seen that I will become like you. O eternal Father, from your power and your wisdom clearly you have given to me a share of that wisdom which belongs to Thine only-begotten Son. And truly have the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from you, Father and Son, given to me the desire to love you. O eternal Trinity, you are my maker and I am your creation. Illuminated by you, I have learned that you have made me a new creation through the blood of your only begotten Son because you are captivated by love at the beauty of your creation. Amen.
PRAYER OF ST. CLARE OF ASSISI, 1194-1253
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance! And transform your whole being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation! So that you too may feel what His friends feel as they taste the hidden sweetness which God Himself has reserved from the beginning for those who love Him. Amen.
PRAYER OF ST. AMBROSE OF MILAN, 339-397
O Lord, who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore you, a heart to delight in you, to follow and to enjoy you, for Christ's sake. Amen.
PRAYER OF ST. EPHREM OF SYRIA, 306-373
O Lord of my life, take away from me the spirit of laziness, faint-heartedness, lust for power and idle talk. Instead grant me, your servant, the spirit of purity, humility, patience and love. Yes, O Lord and King! Grant me to see my own sins and faults and not to judge my neighbor, for you are truly blessed forever. Amen.
PRAYER OF ST. IRENAEUS, 130-202
O Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, look upon us and have mercy upon us; you who are yourself both victim and priest, yourself both reward and redeemer, keep safe from all evil those whom thou hast redeemed, O Savior of the world. Amen.