Meditations

Sustain My Heart O Lord, I am oppressed, be Thou my security. Isaiah 38.14 You see all these painful things that are afflicting me. My body is complaining. What shall I reply to it? The world is trying to gain my attention and flatter me. How must I push it away? What shall I say, Lord? Alas, I have only enough strength to suffer and remain silent. Answer me Yourself through Your Almighty Word. Thrust aside the deceitful world that has already seduced me once. Sustain my heart, despite the weakness of my nature. I am suffering intensely, because of the troubles with which You are afflicting me, and because of my strong passions that have not yet been extinguished. Lord, I am suffering. Come quickly to help me. Deliver me from the world and from myself. Deliver me from my troubles by giving me the patience to suffer them.