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Summary
- The Psalms supply ready prayers of trust, including Psalm 56:3, “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee,” and Psalm 31:15, “My times are in thy hand.”
- The 1928 Book of Common Prayer has a family prayer “For Trustfulness,” the collect “O God, the protector of all that trust in thee,” and the Te Deum’s last line, “O Lord, in thee have I trusted.”
- The Catholic Act of Hope is quoted from the 1888 Manual of Prayers; the Act of Confidence attributed to Saint Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682) is described.
- Short prayers cover an uncertain future, waiting, money trouble, God’s silence, decisions, betrayal by people, doubt about forgiveness and good times.
- Scripture records honest doubt, from “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief” (Mark 9:24) to Thomas (John 20:27–29) and Job 13:15.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Job 13:15; Psalm 13:1, 5; 20:7; 27:14; 28:7; 31:14–15; 56:3–4; 118:8; Proverbs 3:5–6; Isaiah 26:3; Lamentations 3:26; Daniel 3:17–18; Habakkuk 3:18; Matthew 6:26, 34; Mark 9:24; John 20:27, 29; Philippians 4:6–7; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; James 1:5; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 John 1:9). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Morning Prayer, Te Deum laudamus, p. 11; Collects for the Fourth and Eighth Sundays after Trinity, pp. 194, 199; Family Prayer, “For Trustfulness,” p. 596. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.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. Morning Prayers, “An Act of Hope,” p. 53. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
- Steele, Gertrude Dana. “Ven. Claude de la Colombière.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 16 (Index). New York: The Encyclopedia Press, 1914. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16026b.htm
- Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary. “Act of Hope and Confidence in God — St. Claude de la Colombière.” https://www.piercedhearts.org/treasures/devotions/to_saints/claude_colombiere.htm
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