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Summary
- Five traditional prayers against fear are quoted from named sources: “For Trustfulness,” “For Quiet Confidence” and “Lighten our darkness” from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, an Orthodox Vespers prayer against “the terror of the night” from Hapgood’s 1906 service book, and the Catholic Compline antiphon and collect from the 1888 Manual of Prayers.
- Ten full prayers cover panic, ongoing anxiety, fear of the future, courage to face a feared task, waiting for test results, fear of dying, fear at night, fear for someone you love, fear of failure and rejection, and despair.
- The NHS says most panic attacks last between 5 and 20 minutes and are not dangerous, but their symptoms can have other causes and should be checked by a doctor.
- Anyone thinking about ending their life can call or text 988 in the US or call Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK and Ireland.
- Six King James verses suit prayer in fear, among them Psalm 27:1, Psalm 34:4 and Isaiah 41:10.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Psalm 4:8; 27:1, 10; 31:15; 34:4; 42:11; 46:1, 10; 56:3; 91:5; 112:7; 121:4; Isaiah 30:15; 41:10; Matthew 6:34; 26:38; Mark 4:39; 5:36; John 11:25; 14:27; Philippians 4:6–7; 2 Timothy 1:7; Hebrews 2:14–15; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 John 4:18). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Evening Prayer, “A Collect for Aid against Perils,” p. 31; Family Prayer, “For Quiet Confidence,” p. 595, and “For Trustfulness,” p. 596. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. The All-Night Vigil Service, Great Vespers, Prayers of Light, p. 4. https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. Evening Prayers, The Office of Compline, pp. 71–75. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888/page/74/mode/1up
- NHS. “Panic disorder.” Page last reviewed 22 August 2023. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/panic-disorder/
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. https://988lifeline.org/
- Samaritans. “Contact a Samaritan.” https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
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