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Lord, You are all my good. A Prayer for today.

Another prayer from 500 years ago that is perfectly relevant for us to pray today:

O Lord my God, You are all my good. And who am I that I should dare to speak to You? I am Your poorest and meanest servant, a vile worm, much more poor and contemptible than I know or dare to say. Yet remember me, Lord, because I am nothing, I have nothing, and I can do nothing. You alone are good, just, and holy. You can do all things, You give all things, You fill all things…. Remember Your tender mercies and fill my heart with Your grace, You who will not allow Your works to be in vain. How can I bear this life of misery unless You comfort me with Your mercy and grace? Do not turn Your face from me. Do not delay Your visitation. Do not withdraw Your consolation, lest in Your sight my soul become as desert land. Teach me, Lord, to do Your will. Teach me to live worthily and humbly in Your sight, for You are my wisdom who knows me truly, and Who knew me even before the world was made and before I was born into it.
–Thomas à Kempis