Anonymous ID: 8abcfc Oct. 24, 2023, 7:28 p.m. No.19797347   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7370 >>7470 >>7564

I think this is a beautiful prayer, and perfect for these confusing and challenging times.

The Storm is upon us.

God is with us.

 

A prayer from the tomb of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes at Southwark Cathedral, London.

 

Thou, O Lord, art the Helper of the helpless,

the Hope of the Hopeless,

the Saviour of them who are tossed with the tempests,

the Haven of them who sail; be thou all to all.

The glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us,

prosper thou the work of our hands upon us,

Oh! prosper thou our handiwork.

Lord, be thou within us, to strengthen us;

without us to keep us; above us to protect us;

beneath us to uphold us; before us to direct us;

behind us to keep us from straying;

round about us to defend us.

 

Blessed be Thou, O Lord our Father, for ever and ever.

 

"Lancelot Andrewes was a bishop and scholar who played a key role in the translation of the Authorised Version or King James Version of the Bible. Although he worked mainly through the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I successively, he is counted as one of the early Caroline Divines, known for their scholarship and devotional writings."

https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2022/06/a-prayer-of-lancelot-andrewes-found-in.html