Prayer of the elderly

[Dennis Bishop]

Dear Lord,
as my life declines
and my energies decrease,
more than ever
hold me by Your Power,
that I may not offend You,
but daily increase in Your Love.
Give me strength to work in Your Service
till the last day of my life.
Help me to ever have
an increasing dread of venial sin,
or whatever would cause
the slightest withdrawal of Your Love,
all day long,
and at night keep me close to Your Heart;
and should I die,
ere the morning breaks,
may I go rejoicing
in that vision of Your entrancing beauty,
never to be separated from You.

Amen.

[Christopher A.Lee]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:40:59 +0100, Dennis Bishop
<***@uihkn699.net> wrote:

This isn't a religious group, moron.

Post by Dennis Bishop
Dear Lord,
as my life declines
and my energies decrease,
more than ever
hold me by Your Power,
that I may not offend You,
but daily increase in Your Love.
Give me strength to work in Your Service
till the last day of my life.
Help me to ever have
an increasing dread of venial sin,
or whatever would cause
the slightest withdrawal of Your Love,
all day long,
and at night keep me close to Your Heart;
and should I die,
ere the morning breaks,
may I go rejoicing
in that vision of Your entrancing beauty,
never to be separated from You.
Amen.

[NM]

Post by Dennis Bishop
Dear Lord,
as my life declines
and my energies decrease,

I find I need new batteries

Post by Dennis Bishop
more than ever
hold me by Your Power,

Long life energisers are good.

Post by Dennis Bishop
that I may not offend You,

By buying cheap ones from Tesco

Post by Dennis Bishop
but daily increase in Your Love.

but only if I get the ones I want, no cheap crap.

Post by Dennis Bishop
Give me strength to work in Your Service
till the last day of my life.

or better still give me a substantial index linked pension

Post by Dennis Bishop
Help me to ever have
an increasing dread of venial sin,

Veneral desiese do you mean? You can get treated you know, for free.

Post by Dennis Bishop
or whatever would cause
the slightest withdrawal of Your Love,

Syphillus or AIDS maybe. or is he on about the alternative to condoms.

Post by Dennis Bishop
all day long,
and at night keep me close to Your Heart;
and should I die,
ere the morning breaks,

Then kick me out of bed before I go cold and start to leak bodily
fluids over you.

Post by Dennis Bishop
may I go rejoicing

you mean singing, why not just listen to the radio?

Post by Dennis Bishop
in that vision of Your entrancing beauty,

With the TV on, is that it?

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never to be separated from You.

I'll start to go off after a while. not a good move.

Post by Dennis Bishop
Amen. Women and Children, Cats and Dogs and assorted small furry pets.