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special prayer
The Advent Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Let Your goodness, Lord, appear to us, that we, made in Your image, conform ourselves to it.
In our own strength we cannot imitate Your majesty, power, and wonder; nor is it fitting for us to try.
But Your mercy reaches from the heavens through the clouds to the earth below.
You have come to us as a small child, but You have brought us the greatest of all gifts: the gift of eternal love.
Caress us with Your tiny hands, embrace us with Your tiny arms, and pierce our hearts with Your soft, sweet cries.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)
A Quote to Remember
“A person is a person through other persons.”
No Future Without Forgiveness (1999)
by Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop Nobel Peace Prize, 1984