Time is Short - So I Pray!
There are times in life when we feel truly mortal - fading vision, a stiff back, a knee that prevents us from running and will take us to the doctor next week, and a general sense of finitude. The clock is ticking.
Here is an amazing prayer by Alphonsus Liguori (1696 - 1787) to remind us that time is running out.
Prière :
O my God, help me to remember That time is short, eternity is long.
What good is all the greatness of this world at the hour of death?
To love You, my God, and save my soul is the one thing necessary.
Without You, there is no peace, no joy.
My God, I need fear nothing but sin.
For to lose You, my God, is to lose all.
O my God, help me to remember –
That to gain all I must leave all,
That in loving You I have all good things: the infinite riches of Christ and His
Church, the motherly protection of Mary,
peace beyond understanding, joy unspeakable!
Eternal Father, Your Son has promised that whatever we ask in His Name will be given to us. In His Name I pray: give me a burning faith, a joyful hope, a holy love for Jesus Christ. Give me the grace of perseverance in doing Your will in all things. Do with me what You will. I repent of having offended You. Grant, O Lord, that I may love You always and never let me be separated from You. O my God and my All, make me a saint!
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