Prayer for the Sick by St. Augustine
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Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
Holy Spirit, powerful Consoler, sacred Bond of the Father and the Son, Hope of the afflicted, descend into my heart and establish in it your loving dominion.
Read more: Prayer for the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit by St. Augustine
Listen Isaiah 11:2-3. "The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him: the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears."
The psalmist David writes, "Why are you cast down, O my soul" (Ps 42:5) – David was sad, troubled, perplexed, disquieted, unhappy and spiritually depressed – a very common condition; obviously he felt overwhelmed within himself. Some of the greatest saints are introverts; the extrovert is generally a more superficial person.
Read more: Chapter 1 - Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
(Bonhoeffer's view of a life among enemies was formed in the Nazi Germany of the 1930s, a situation that was becoming increasingly hostile to Christians.)