Daily Prayer
Saint Andrew Dung-Lac
Antiphon (mantra) repeat quietly:
Great is God's love, faithful for all eternity.
Psalm 69 (Part I)
Save me, O God.
The waters have risen to my neck.
I am sinking into the mud of the deep
where there is no foothold.
I have reached the watery depths;
the waves overwhelm me.
I am weary with all my crying;
my throat is parched.
Looking for you, O God,
my eyes have failed.
More numerous than the hairs on my head
are those who hate me without cause.
Those who attack me with lies
are too much for my strength.
They demand that I restore
what I have never stolen.
You know how foolish I have been;
my faults are not unknown to you.
Let those who hope in you
not be put to shame through me.
Let those who seek you
not be dismayed through me.
It is for you that I suffer taunts,
that shame covers my face,
that I have become a stranger to my family,
an outcast to my own sisters and brothers.
Zeal for your house consumes me,
and insults against you fall on me.
With fasting I deny myself;
for this they mock me.
When I put on sackcloth,
they make a laughingstock of me.
This is my prayer for your favor.
In your great love, answer me.
With your constant help
rescue me from sinking in the mud;
save me from my foes.
Pray the Prayer of Jesus (Our Father)
Translation © 1998 Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Inc.
