O God, who has given us light, and who grieves because we have so often loved darkness better; you have called us to follow that which is good, and to flee from that which is evil; and you know how, hour after hour, day after day, we have yielded to temptations in our path, have done that which you have forbidden, and have left undone the work you have given us to do. O You, whose voice of warning and love we have so little heeded, call us yet again, we beseech You; call us that we may answer and do your bidding, that we may go astray from You no more; but that, being comforted by your love, and upheld by your strength, we may fulfill our days upon earth forgiven and at peace with You.
-- adapted to modern language from R.C. Jones, A Book of Prayers (19th century)
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