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Below is a collection of prayers that those in recovery have grown to value, cherish and use as our own.
We begin with the prayer said around the world in rooms all day and every day:
The Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Amen
History of the Serenity Prayer
THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong,
I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort
than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
Amen
The Basilica of St. Francis
http://www.franciscanfriarstor.com/stfrancis/stf_basilica_st_francis.htmThe Third Step Prayer
God, I offer myself to thee
to build with me and do with me as Thou wilt.
Relieve me of the bondage of self,
that I may better do Thy will.
Take away my difficulties,
that victory over them may bear witness
to those I would help of Thy power,
Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always.
Amen
The Seventh Step Prayer
My Creator, I am now willing
that you shall have all of me, the good and the bad.
I pray that you now remove from me
every single defect of character
which stands in the way of my usefulness
to you and my fellows.
Grant me strength, as I go out from here
to do your bidding.
Amen
The Eleventh Step Prayer
Lord, make me a channel of Thy peace
That where there is hatred, I may bring love
That where there is wrong
I may bring forgiveness,
that where there is discord, that I may bring harmony.
That where there is error, that I may bring truth
that where there is doubt, that I may bring faith.
That where there is despair, I bring hope.
That where there are shadows, that I may bring light.
That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort
rather than be comforted, to understand
rather than to be understood. To love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one reawakens to eternal life.
Amen
The Third, Seventh and Eleventh Step prayers
can be found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
God, I offer myself to thee
to build with me and do with me as Thou wilt.
Relieve me of the bondage of self,
that I may better do Thy will.
Take away my difficulties,
that victory over them may bear witness
to those I would help of Thy power,
Thy love and Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always.
Amen
The Seventh Step Prayer
My Creator, I am now willing
that you shall have all of me, the good and the bad.
I pray that you now remove from me
every single defect of character
which stands in the way of my usefulness
to you and my fellows.
Grant me strength, as I go out from here
to do your bidding.
Amen
The Eleventh Step Prayer
Lord, make me a channel of Thy peace
That where there is hatred, I may bring love
That where there is wrong
I may bring forgiveness,
that where there is discord, that I may bring harmony.
That where there is error, that I may bring truth
that where there is doubt, that I may bring faith.
That where there is despair, I bring hope.
That where there are shadows, that I may bring light.
That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort
rather than be comforted, to understand
rather than to be understood. To love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one reawakens to eternal life.
Amen
The Third, Seventh and Eleventh Step prayers
can be found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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