Prayer

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O Lord, to be turned from you is to fall,to be turned to you is to rise,and to stand in you is to abide forever.Grant us in all our duties your help, in all our perplexities your guidance,in all our dangers your protection,and in all our sorrows your peace;through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 —St. Thomas Aquinas

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