"I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall." Lamentations 3:1, 2, 5-8, 16, 19
O MOST loving Father, who willest
us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss
of thee, and to cast all our care on thee, who carest for us;
Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant
that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light
of that love which is immortal, and which thou has manifested
unto us in thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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