PATRON SAINT OF PEACE
AND OF
THE ENVIRONMENT
Please pray for
INNER PEACE & WORLD PEACE & THE ENVIRONMENT
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Saint Francis of Assisi
Patron Saint of Peace and Patron Saint of the Environment |
PSALM 8
Divine Majesty and Human Dignity
1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of David.
2 O LORD, our Lord,
how awesome is your name through all the earth!
I will sing of your majesty above the heavens
3 with the mouths of babes and infants.
You have established a bulwark against your foes,
to silence enemy and avenger.
4 When I see your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place
5 What is man that you are mindful of him,
and a son of man that you care for him?
6 Yet you have made him little less than a god,
crowned him with glory and honor.
7 You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
put all things at his feet
8 All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
10 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name
through all the earth!
[New American Bible Revised Edition]
Psalm 142
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecutors
A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
I cry with my voice to the Lord,
with my voice I make supplication to the Lord,
2 I pour out my complaint before him,
I tell my trouble before him.
3 When my spirit is faint,
thou knowest my way!
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.
4 I look to the right and watch,
but there is none who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me,
no man cares for me.
5 I cry to thee, O Lord;
I say, Thou art my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.
6 Give heed to my cry;
for I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors;
for they are too strong for me!
7 Bring me out of prison,
that I may give thanks to thy name!
The righteous will surround me;
for thou wilt deal bountifully with me."
Love, Jeanne
