MEDITATIONS BEFORE PRAYER
I pray to You O Lord from all my heart, O Lord! I pray to You with fervour and zeal,
for the sufferings of the humiliated, for the uncertainty of those who wait; for the non–return of the dead; for the helplessness of the dying; for the sadness of the misunderstood; for those who request in vain; for all those abused, scorned and disdained; for the silly, the wicked, the miserable; for those who hurry in pain to the nearest physician; those who return from work with trembling and anguished hearts to their homes; for those who are roughly treated and pushed aside, for those who are hissed on the stage; for all who are clumsy, ugly, tiresome and dull, for the weak, the beaten, the oppressed, for those who are afraid of Death; for those who wait in pharmacies; for those who have missed the train; – for all the inhabitants of our earth and all their pains and troubles, their worries, sufferings, disappointments, all their griefs, afflictions, sorrows, longings, failures, defeats; for everything which is not joy, comfort, happiness, bliss ... Let these shine for ever upon them with tender love and brightness, I pray to You O Lord most fervently – I pray to You O Lord from the depths of my heart. for those who cannot find rest during long sleepless nights;
Juljan Tuwim
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