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A short scribal note in the first person comes immediately after the Prayer and indicates that it was selected for copying from a larger library of texts. [3] In the Latin Asclepius, the Prayer follows Hermes Trismegistus' admonition to his disciple Asclepius that "[G]od finds mortal gratitude to be the best incense". [4]
[2] The earliest known genuine text of a Marian litany is in a 12th-century codex in the Mainz Library, with the title Letania de domina nostra Dei genitrice virgine Maria: oratio valde bona. It opens with the usual Kyrie Eleison; then follow the invocations of the Trinity, followed by invocations of the Virgin Mary in a long series of praises.
David is depicted giving a penitential psalm in this 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. The Penitential Psalms or Psalms of Confession, so named in Cassiodorus's commentary of the 6th century AD, are the Psalms 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and 142 (6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143 in the Hebrew numbering).
Recite these short daily prayers and powerful, inspirational scripture verses and faith devotionals to ask for strength and stress relief and to thank God.
11. "Lord, we pray that You would give us courage. We pray that You would give us conviction. We pray, Lord, that You would give us hearts that grieve when we look at the idols without and the ...
1. "Father, for our food we thank You, and for our joys. Help us love You more. — Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 2. "From the smallest morsel to this mega feast, we are forever grateful.
Thanksgiving prayer or prayer of Thanksgiving may refer to: any prayer of thankfulness; a prayer offered at Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving after Communion, a practice in certain Christian churches; Prayer of Thanksgiving, a Gnostic text from Nag Hammadi "Thanksgiving Prayer", a song from the 1978 film The Magic of Lassie "Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 ...
St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274) composed a Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion that became a classic: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.