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meditation of the day

A Prayer That We Not Be Lost

We praise you, Lord Jesus Christ, God, Savior of men, stupendously powerful with the Father; we praise you, we invoke you, we pray to you; assist us with your pardon, with clemency give us your grace.

Awaken in our hearts desires deserving of fulfillment; suggest to us words that are worthy to be heard; grant that our actions may be worthy of blessing.

We beg you to renew your birth in human nature, penetrating us with your invisible Godhead as you did in a unique way in Mary and do now spiritually in the Church.

May you be conceived by our faith, that a mind untouched by corruption may bring you forth, that the soul, ever confirmed by the power of the Most High, may offer you a dwelling place…. Be truly for us the Emmanuel, God with us. Deign to remain with us, to fight for us. Only so can we conquer.

A hymn from the Mozarabic Liturgy

The Mozarabic liturgy, or Mozarabic rite, is a liturgy of the Western Church that was prominent in Spain and Portugal for many centuries. / From Hymns to Christ: And a Concert of Miniatures. © 1982, St. Paul Publications, Slough, UK. All rights reserved.