Patience - January 17

Patience
Thoughts on the Patient Endurance of Sorrows and Sufferings

A PRAYER

Lord, give me a generous spirit,
A strong heart willing to share,
The chalice of bitter sorrow,
The Cross Thou didst meekly bear.
O make my beloved ones holy,
And pleasing, dear Lord, to Thee;
May we live a life that will merit
Thy face in glory to see.
May none O Jesus, O my sweet Jesus!
Be missed from Thy chosen band;
But all who have lived here together,
Be one in our Father-land.
And O may we meet those in Heaven,
Who to our hearts have been dear,
May all we have loved be united
In that bright Eternal sphere.
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Compiled and Edited by Rev. F. X. Lasance
Author of "My Prayerbook," etc.
1937, Benziger Brothers
Printers to the Holy Apostolic See