Lenten Prayer
O, God, early in the morning I cry to you.
Help me to pray and to concentrate my thoughts on you.
I cannot do this alone.
In me there is darkness, but with you there is light.
I am lonely, but you do not leave me;
I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help.
I am restless, but with you there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience.
I do not understand your ways, but you know the way for me.
Restore me to liberty, and enable me to live now that I may answer before you and before [others].
Lord, whatever this day may bring, your name be praised.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From Seedbed — https://seedbed.com/a-collection-of-10-ancient-and-modern-prayers-for-lent/
Submitted by Mary Jane Quaranta