{"id":1440,"date":"2006-10-15T02:10:03","date_gmt":"2006-10-15T02:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/10\/prayer-for-the-week-24.html"},"modified":"2006-10-15T02:10:03","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T02:10:03","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/10\/prayer-for-the-week-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This prayer, a collect from <em>The Book of Common Prayer<\/em>, is one of my favorites:<br \/>\nAlmighty and everlasting God, you are always   more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we   either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your   mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,   and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to   ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ   our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,   one God, for ever and ever.  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