{"id":1850,"date":"2011-10-13T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1850"},"modified":"2011-10-13T00:33:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T04:33:55","slug":"prayer-of-a-saint-stay-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/10\/prayer-of-a-saint-stay-with-me.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer of a saint: Stay with me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You.<\/p>\n

You know how easily I abandon You.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, because I am weak<\/p>\n

And I need your strength that I may not fally so often.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, for You are my life<\/p>\n

And without You I am without fervor.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, for you are my light<\/p>\n

And without You I am in darkness.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord to show me Your will.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and always be in Your company.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, if you wish me to be faithful to You.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Jesus for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close. \u00a0And life passes; death, judgment and eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength so that I will not stop along the way<\/p>\n

And for that I need You.<\/p>\n

It is getting late and death appproaches.<\/p>\n

I feel the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.<\/p>\n

Oh, how I need you, my Jesus, in this night of exile!<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me tonight, Jesus in life with all its dangers, I need You.<\/p>\n

Let me recognize<\/strong> You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, So that Eucharistis Cmmunion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique Joy of my heart.<\/p>\n

Stay<\/strong> with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death I want to remain united to You, if now by communion, at least by grace and love.<\/p>\n

Sta<\/strong>y with me , Lord, for it is You alone I look for; Your love, Your grace, Your will, Your heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.<\/p>\n

With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity!<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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