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meditation of the day

A Prayer for the Grace of Perseverance

Be propitious, O Father, Master, to your disciples; O Father, Guide of Israel, Father and Son who are one Lord. Grant to those who obey your precepts to be modeled in your image and to enjoy, after they have been proved, the goodness of God and not the severity of his judgement. Grant that we may all live in your peace, that we may walk in the ways that lead to your city, resolutely passing over the waters of sin, sure of the guidance of the Holy Spirit, your ineffable wisdom.

Grant that day and night, till our last hour, we may pray in thanksgiving and give thanks in prayer to the one Father and Son, the Son and the Father; the Son, the leader and master, together with the Holy Spirit.

All belongs to the One, in whom is all. Through him all is one; eternity is his. We are all his members; all ages are his glory. To Goodness, to Beauty, to Wisdom, to the Just One, all. To him be glory, now and for all ages. Amen.

Clement of Alexandria