Prayer for Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent

A Father and His Daughter

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Prayer Source = Jonathan Montaldo, compiler, Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton:  Daily Scripture and Prayers Together with Thomas Merton’s Own Words (Liguori, MO:  Liguori, 2007), page 79

Prayer by Jonathan Montaldo

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You loved me before I knew I was lovable.

The loving kindness you have shown me

through the chorus of persons in my life who have had mercy on me

fills me with gratitude.

You love me through them.

To them and to you I return my thanks

and offer you this day’s hymn of praise.

http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/devotion-for-the-thirty-second-and-thirty-third-days-of-lent-lcms-daily-lectionary/

http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/thirty-second-day-of-lent/