{"id":1899,"date":"2007-02-18T02:30:42","date_gmt":"2007-02-18T02:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/02\/prayer-for-the-week-38.html"},"modified":"2007-02-18T02:30:42","modified_gmt":"2007-02-18T02:30:42","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/02\/prayer-for-the-week-38.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lent begins Wednesday. Here is Ephrem&#8217;s Lenten prayer, one we can use throughout this Lenten season:<br \/>\nO Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge my brother, for blessed art Thou, unto ages of ages. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lent begins Wednesday. 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