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A Despair Prayer by Saint Claude De La Colombiere

Lord, I am in this world to show Your mercy to others.
Other people will glorify You
by making visible the power of Your grace
by their fidelity and constancy to You.
For my part I will glorify You
by making known how good You are to sinners,
that Your mercy is boundless
and that no sinner no matter how great his offences
should have reason to despair of pardon.
If I have grievously offended You, My Redeemer,
let me not offend You even more
by thinking that You are not kind enough to pardon Me.

Amen.

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“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” — Hebrews 13:16 Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
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