Daily Prayer

Good Tuesday morning, my friends.

 

This prayer is known as the "Te Deum" and is one of the oldest prayers of the Christian church.  It has an element of psalms and a wonderful profession of faith, very much like a creed.

 

Share a few minutes with God this morning while you lift this up to Him.

 

 

Grace and peace and joy be yours in abundance,

Bruce 

 

O GOD, we praise Thee: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.

Everlasting Father, all the earth doth worship Thee.

 

To Thee all the Angels, the Heavens and all the Powers,

all the Cherubim and Seraphim, unceasingly proclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!

 

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy glory.

 

The glorious choir of the Apostles,

the wonderful company of Prophets,

the white-robed army of Martyrs, praise Thee.

 

Holy Church throughout the world doth acknowledge Thee:

the Father of infinite Majesty;

Thy adorable, true and only Son;

and the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

 

O Christ, Thou art the King of glory!

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

Thou, having taken it upon Thyself to deliver man, didst not disdain the Virgin's womb.

Thou overcame the sting of death and hast opened to believers the Kingdom of Heaven.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.

 

We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge.

We beseech Thee, therefore, to help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood.

Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in everlasting glory.

 

Save Thy people, O Lord, and bless Thine inheritance!

Govern them, and raise them up forever.

 

Every day we thank Thee.

And we praise Thy Name forever, yea, forever and ever.

 

O Lord, deign to keep us from sin this day.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have hoped in Thee.

O Lord, in Thee I have hoped; let me never be put to shame.

 

(http://www.explorefaith.org/prayer/essays/worldPrayer3.html)

 

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