CHRISTIAN PRAYERS

THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.

Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as JESUS did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen. 

[http://skdesigns.com/internet/articles/prose/niebuhr/serenity_prayer/]

PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

[http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pray0027.htm]

THE GLORIA

Glory to GOD in the highest,
and peace to His people on earth.
Lord GOD Heavenly King,
almighty GOD and Father,
we worship You, we give You thanks,
we praise You for Your glory.
Lord JESUS CHRIST, only Son of The Father,
Lord GOD, Lamb of GOD,
You take away the sin of the world;
have mercy on us;
You are seated at the right hand of The Father; receive our prayer.
For You alone are The Holy One,
You alone are The Lord,
You alone are The Most High,
JESUS CHRIST,
with The HOLY SPIRIT,
in the glory of GOD The Father.
Amen.

[http://www.ecatholic2000.com/pray/prayer27.shtml] 

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY 

[adapted from http://www.truevinemusic.com/holy%20holy%20holy.htm]

"PRAYER FOR PEACE" BY POPE JOHN PAUL II

"Lord JESUS CHRIST,
Who are called The Prince of Peace,
Who are Yourself our peace and reconciliation,
Who so often said, "Peace to you,"
grant us peace.
Make all men and women
witnesses of truth, justice, and brotherly love.
Banish from their hearts
whatever might endanger peace.
Enlighten our rulers
that they may guarantee and defend
the great gift of peace.
May all peoples on the earth
become as brothers and sisters.
May longed-for peace blossom forth
and reign always over us all."
In The Name of GOD
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

[http://www.scborromeo.org/prayers/peace.htm]

JOHN WESLEY'S RULE FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING

"Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can."

[http://www.dailycelebrations.com/06280a.htm]

THE TE DEUM

We praise Thee, O GOD:  we acknowledge Thee to be The Lord.
All the earth doth worship Thee and The Father everlasting.
To Thee all angels: to Thee the heavens and all the powers therein.
To Thee the cherubim and seraphim cry with unceasing voice:
Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord GOD of Hosts.
The heavens and the earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.
Thee the glorious choir of the Apostles.
Thee the admirable company of the prophets.
Thee the white-robed army of martyrs praise.
Thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge.
The Father of infinite majesty.
Thine adorable, true and only Son
Also The HOLY GHOST, The Paraclete.
Thou art The King of Glory, O CHRIST.
Thou art The everlasting Son of The Father.
Thou having taken upon Thee to deliver man, didst not abhor The Virgin's womb.
Thou having overcome the sting of death, didst open 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, help Thy servants, whom Thou has redeemed with Thy precious Blood.
Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in glory everlasting.
Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance.
Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we bless Thee.
And we praise Thy Name forever, and world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day to keep us without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have hoped in Thee.
O Lord, in Thee have I hoped. let me never be confounded.

[http://www.smithcreekmusic.com/Hymnology/Latin.Hymnody/Te.Deum.html]