{"id":4497,"date":"2010-06-09T10:07:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T10:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/06\/prayer-of-st-ephrem.html"},"modified":"2010-06-09T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T10:07:23","slug":"prayer-of-st-ephrem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/06\/prayer-of-st-ephrem.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer of St. Ephrem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"St<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 Lord and Master of my life, <\/div>\n
 keep from me the spirit of indifference and discouragement, \n<\/div>\n
lust of power and idle chatter. <\/div>\n
 Instead, grant to me, <\/div>\n
 Your servant, <\/div>\n
 the spirit of wholeness of being, humble-mindedness, patience, and love.<\/p>\n

O Lord and King, <\/p><\/div>\n

 grant me the grace to be aware of my sins
\nand not to judge my brother; <\/div>\n
 for You are blessed now and ever and forever.
\nAmen. <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
— Prayer attributed to <\/i>St. Ephrem<\/i><\/a>, deacon of the church, whose feast day is June 9.<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 Lord and Master of my life,   keep from me the spirit of indifference and discouragement,  lust of power and idle chatter.   Instead, grant to me,   Your servant,   the spirit of wholeness of being, humble-mindedness, patience, and love. O Lord and King,   grant me the grace to be aware of my sins and not to judge…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hanging-with-saints","category-prayer"],"yoast_head":"\nPrayer of St. Ephrem - The Deacon's Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/06\/prayer-of-st-ephrem.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prayer of St. Ephrem - The Deacon's Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\" Lord and Master of my life,   keep from me the spirit of indifference and discouragement,  lust of power and idle chatter.   Instead, grant to me,   Your servant,   the spirit of wholeness of being, humble-mindedness, patience, and love. 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