This is a prayer that I found recently. We used at Solidarity's Wednesday night formation. There was a common trend that night of denying one's self for the sake of another. In a culture that promotes looking out for "number one," denying ourselves for the sake of another is extremely counter-cultural. Especially when the "another" is someone who should/could be irritating, annoying, self-involved, or an enemy. My favorite part is "better to forget ourselves than to put ourselves forward."
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O Lord, give us more charity, more self-denial, more likeness to thee. Teach us to sacrifice our comforts to others, and our likings for the sake of doing good. Make us kindly in thought, gentle in word, generous in deed. Teach us that it is better to give than to receive, better to forget ourselves than to put ourselves forward, better to minister than be ministered unto. And to thee, the God of love, be all glory and praise now and forever.
Amen
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