Yesterday we considered the “love
passage” from 1 Corinthians 13 which was read at Sunday Mass. I’d like to
revisit that passage again and make it into a prayer which might be used by
anyone seeking growth and gradual evolution towards becoming a truly loving person.
For what it is worth, here goes:
Lord God, grant me the grace to
become more patient, kinder, less jealous but able to rejoice in the good
things that others have. Help me to be humble: less pompous, less inflated.
Forgive and correct my rudeness by making me more sensitive to others’
feelings. Help me to put others’ needs before me own and to curb my selfishness
in all things. Give me a calm and accepting spirit, not prone to fits of
temper.
I have been hurt many times, and carry resentments in my heart: heal
these and help me to let go of what has happened, to forgive where necessary
and to take my attention away from the past and into the present moment. Make
me sensitive to the wrongdoing around me and give me the desire to pray for
those who are lost in a web of sin. Help me to rejoice always with what is
true, especially when it challenges me to change my way of thinking or acting. Help
me to bear whatever may develop in my life, strengthen my faith, and my hope,
and help me to bear nobly the crosses that are part of my life. I ask these
things in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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