Prayer of the Optina Elders for Inner Peace

(Prayer of the last Optina Elders)

Lord, grant me to meet with inner peace everything that this day will bring me. Grant me to wholly submit to Your holy will. Lead me, Lord, in every minute of this day and sustain me in all things. Teach me to receive all the news I may receive today with a calm soul and firm conviction that Your holy will is manifested in everything, O my God. In all deeds and words, guide my thoughts.

In all unforeseen circumstances, do not let me, Lord, forget that it is You who permitted them. Teach me to treat all people simply and prudently, offending no one, nor upsetting them. In all my deeds and words, guide my thoughts. Lord, grant me the strength today to endure in goodness. Keep me by Your will and teach me to pray and to believe, to hope and to endure, to forgive and to love. May Your will be done, Lord, upon me! Amen!

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