Dwight L. Moody said:
My experience is that those who pray most in their closets generally make short prayers in public. Long prayers are too often not prayers at all, and they weary the people.
- How short the publican's prayer was: “God be merciful to me a sinner!”
- The Syrophoenician woman's was shorter still: “Lord help me!” She went right to the mark, and she got what she wanted.
- The prayer of the thief on the cross was a short one: “Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom!”
- Peter's prayer was, “Lord, save me, or I perish!”
Here's a short Celtic prayer:
The Breton Fisherman's Prayer
Dear God, be good to me. The sea is so wide, and my boat is so small.
Dear God, be good to me. The sea is so wide, and my boat is so small.
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I don't suppose you know where I might find the original Breizhoneg version of the prayer. I've looked everywhere and even tried Breton Google to no avail.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Evelyn, I don't. I wrote this post so long ago that I don't remember where I first came across it.
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