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Rejoice evermore.  Pray without ceasing.

---1 Thessalonians 5:16-17


1.  After Luke 18:13

 

LORD JESUS, be merciful to me, a sinner.

Let a multitude of my breaths bear

the eight words of this powerful prayer---

as good for the adept as for me, a rank beginner.


2.  After Psalm 6:2 and 1 Samuel 3:10


Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak.

Your servant will listen, LORD, as You speak.


3.  After Psalm 9:13, Hebrews 4:16, 2 Kings 2:9, and the Kyrie Eleison

 

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, consider this trouble

that I bring before your Holy Throne:

to you, the need is already known.

Send Your merciful grace to help, and I ask that the portion be double.


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transcribed by Starward

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Author's Notes/Comments: 

I signed this as "transcribed by . . .," because I do not believe that I composed these poems.  They came to me during a reading of several Biblical Scriptures, as I seek, even at this age, for a Scriptural prayer rule fully from, or in response to, the Holy Bible.

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©9 February 2023 - 10:18pm — S74rw4rd
12 February 2023 - 2:24am — Spinoza
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always a way forward

 

Whenever I’m dragging and my soul is in anguish, I read Psalms and find new strength and a path forward. So great is the darkness around us, it often eclipses our soul’s ability to cope. But whenever we read Psalms, we have that comfort of knowing, is not a new phenomenon. And with God’s Spirit, there is always a way forward. As so many before us have found.

 

 

13 February 2023 - 12:59am — S74rw4rd
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This is a most splendid (and

This is a most splendid (and again I say, A MOST SPLENDID) testimony, and I am so very grateful to you for sharing it me, and with the PostPoems community.  Reading it was more than just an act of the mind (as Wallace Stevens might say):  it was, also, an act of the soul!

Starward

10 February 2023 - 5:34am — patriciajj
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So much Light and compassion

So much Light and compassion breathes in, out and through each regal, heartfelt prayer that I believe they are, absolutely, Divine, and you, with humility, were a willing vessel. And that's no small honor! Weren't many great poets like William Blake , Henry Thoreau and others going back to Virgil and Homer, sometimes couriers for Ultimate Reality?

 

I am so deeply moved on a very personal level by these gleaming, most healing, special deliveries. Thank you for being an open vessel bearing precious gifts. God bless.

10 February 2023 - 7:40am — S74rw4rd
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Thank you for your comment

Thank you for your comment and the very fine compliments.  A comment from you is always a personal thrill of the finest order; and then when you mention the name of Virgil, that just raises my joy exponentially.  I thank you, more than my mere words indicate, for selecting this particular poem for your comment.

Starward