Stand By Me

Matt Harding - The Happy Dancer!

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A Prayer for Friendship

A Prayer for Friendship

Help me, O God, to be 
A good and true friend.

To be always loyal, and 
Never to let my friends down;

Never to talk about them behind 
Their backs in a way in which I 
Would not do before their faces;

Never to betray a confidence or 
Talk about the things about which 
I ought to be silent;

Always to be ready to share 
Everything I have;

To be as true to my friends 
As I would wish them to be to me.

This I ask for the sake of 
You who are the greatest and the truest of all friends, 
For your love’s sake,

Amen. 

(Taken from Turn Back To God)

Prayer for Friends

A Prayer for our Friends

Lord, bless our friends today we pray,

Wherever they may be;
And help them as they go their way,
To keep their trust in Thee.


Lord, hear each prayer they raise to Thee,
And dry each falling tear;
And hover over them constantly,
For treasured friends are dear.


Surround them with Thy mercy,
Lord, Protect them by Thy power;
And let them feel Thy presence,
Lord, In every lonely hour. 


Stand by them when the road is steep,
And no one seems to care;
Thy arm of love around them keep,
And whisper You are there. 


And give them strength to bear the cross,
As through this vale they go;
And stand by them in every loss,
That they meet here below. 


And when at last the hour shall be,
That life's short journey ends;
O, let them lean the more on Thee,
And comfort these, our friends. 


And open heaven's gate, dear Lord,
And let them enter there;
For heaven will be heaven,
Lord, Because our friends are there.


Amen.


(Taken from Our Catholic Prayers blog)