Christian prayers

[biased]

so for the Christians who use a formal prayer

please post the prayers you use

my all time favorite Christian prayer is St. Francis's Peace Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love,
Where there is injury let me sow pardon,
Where there is doubt let me sow faith,
Where there is despair let me give hope,
Where there is darkness let me give light,
Where there is sadness let me give joy.

O Divine Master, grant that
I may not try to be comforted but to comfort,
Not try to be understood but to understand,
Not try to be loved but to love.
Because it is in giving that we receive,
It is in forgiving that we are forgiven,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
source: St. Francis Peace Prayer

here is the original french if anyone wants it:The Origin and Original Text of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis


The whole contrasting light/dark reminds me of Taoist and even some Dharmic thought.

 

[Vouthon]

This is a rather long but beautiful, artistic, contemplative prayer by the great mystic Blessed Jan van Ruysbroeck called, "The Eucharistic Prayer". It emphasises the indelible connection between partaking of the Sacred Host (Body and Blood of Christ), whether physically or purely spiritually, and divinization (theosis):

"...Lord, you have said, “Without me you can do nothing.” You have also said, “unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life in you.” You have said in addition, “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I in him.”...I am therefore bold and outspoken, forgetful of myself and of all my transgressions because of your grace, for you yourself have said, “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.” You have also said that you are our living bread which has come down from heaven and that anyone who eats it will live forever. You are also the living spring which flows out of your Father’s heart by means of the Holy Spirit.
As a consequence, Lord the more I eat, the more hungry I become, and the more I drink, the more thirsty I become, for I cannot take you fully into myself and consume you. But I ask you, Lord, of your great nobility, that you take me fully into yourself and consume me, so that I might become one life with you and in you and that I, in your life, might be able to rise above myself and above all particular forms and exercises to a state devoid of forms — that is, to a state of formless love where you are your own beatitude and that of all the saints. It is there that I will find the fruit of all the sacraments, of all particular forms, and of all holiness..." ​

- Blessed Jan van Ruysbroeck (1293-1381), Flemish mystic of Catholic Church​

 

[SageTree]

All throughout the day, as watchfully as enabled....
The Jesus Prayer, in the Orthodox hysechast tradition...

The Prayer of the Heart

''Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner.''

Or in short form the Kyrie, 'Lord, Have Mercy.'

 

[SpentaMaynu]

Prayer of Zwingli (prayed when he was extremely sick)

Do as You will
For I lack nothing
I am you vessel
To be resored or destroyed

 

[SageTree]

The Prayer of Saint Francis:

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, the truth;
Where there is doubt, the faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

 

[chongjasmine]

I like the prayer from the bible.

Father, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom comes, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
and forgive us our debt.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil ones.