Fourth Day

Daily Reading
Matthew 5:13-16


In the morning

O God, our Creator and our Father, who hast given unto us the gift of life, bless us this day as we give Thee thanks for our work, and for the health to do it. We thank Thee for skill of hand, for accuracy of eye and mind and brain, to earn a living and to do the work of a house and home. We thank for the friends and the comrades whom thou hast given to us, for those in whose company joys are doubly dear, and in whose presence sorrow's pain is soothed. Help us today to be so cheerful, that it may make others happier to meet us. Help us to be so true to Thee, that we may be a strength to others who are tempted. O Lord Jesus, we have begunthe day with Thee, grant that Thy reflection may be upon us throughout all its hours. This we ask for Thy love's sake. AMEN

In the evening

O God, the Giver of every good gift, there is so much for which we ought to give Thee thanks. We thank Thee for going out in the morning, and for coming home at evening time. We thank Thee for the joy of work, and for all clean pleasures which rest our body and relax our mind. We thank Theefor the light of the morning, and for the dark of they night. We thank Thee for the day with all its duties and its tasks, and for the night and kindly sleep. Grant unto us this night a mind at rest. Grant that we may forget our worries in the peace that passeth understanding and that we may lose our anxieties in the certainly that neigther we nor those we love can drift beyond Thy love and care. Grant unto us to sleep in peace and to wake in strength, because we sleep and wake in Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN

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