The Apologist's Prayers

[Benedict]

[b]The Catholic Apologist's Daily Prayer[/b]

Ineffable Creator, who from the treasures of your wisdom, have established three hierarchies of angels, have arrayed them in marvelous order above the fiery Heavens, and have marshaled the regions of the universe with such artful skill, You are proclaimed the True Font of Light and Wisdom, and the primal origin raised high beyond all things.

Pour forth a ray of your brightness into the darkened places of my mind; disperse from my soul the twofold darkness into which I was born: sin and ignorance. You make eloquent the tongues of infants. Refine my speech, and pour forth upon my lips the goodness of your blessings. Grant to me keenness of mind, capacity to remember, skill in learning, subtlety to interpret and eloquence in speech.

May you guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to completion. You who are True God and True Man, who live and reign world without end.

Amen

- St. Thomas Aquinas



[b]Apologist's Evening Prayer[/b]

From all my lame defeats and oh! much more
From all the victories that I seemed to score;
From cleverness shot forth on Thy behalf
At which, while angels weep, the audience laugh;
From all my proofs of Thy divinity,
Thou, who wouldst give no sign, deliver me.

Thoughts are but coins. Let me not trust instead
Of Thee, their thin-worn image of Thy head.
From all my thoughts, even from my thoughts of Thee,
O thou fair Silence, fall, and set me free.
Lord of the narrow gate and the needle's eye,
Take from me all my trumpery lest I die.


- C. S. Lewis
in Poems (ed. Walter Hooper 1964)

Edited January 8, 2005 by phatcatholic

[phatcatholic]

AWESOME!!

[Benedict]

From the first prayer:

[quote]and have marshaled the regions of the universe [b]which [/b]such artful skill,[/quote]

If I could edit my post, I would change that to "with".

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Benedict' date='Jan 8 2005, 02:28 AM'] If I could edit my post, I would change that to "with". [/quote]
gotcha, i'll change that

[phatcatholic]

are there any other prayers for apologists that you all know of?

[cathqat]

"God help me!" works pretty well

[Benedict]

These are the only two I found while searching the internet.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='cathqat' date='Jan 8 2005, 06:25 PM'] "God help me!" works pretty well [/quote]









:crackup:

ITS SO TRUE!! lol



(i :wub: st. thomas aquinas! thanks so much for posting that!)

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Jan 9 2005, 12:57 AM'] (i :wub: st. thomas aquinas! thanks so much for posting that!) [/quote]
you aren't laura [i][b]thomas[/b][/i] for nothing

[franciscanheart]

haha guess that's true!

[Benedict]

Finished reading the Bible sections for today.

The Beatitudes are at times applicable to apologetics, especially (and unfortunately) verses 11 and 12.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Benedict' date='Jan 9 2005, 01:55 AM'] Finished reading the Bible sections for today.

The Beatitudes are at times applicable to apologetics, especially (and unfortunately) verses 11 and 12. [/quote]
[b]Mat 5:11-12[/b]
[b]11 [/b]"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
[b]12 [/b]Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

[StColette]

Mt 5:

3 ¶ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
5 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure of heart: they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
12 Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Edited January 9, 2005 by StColette