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Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst command us to love our enemies, and those who defame and injure us, and to pray for them and forgive them; Who Thyself didst pray for Thine enemies, who crucified thee: grant us, we pray, the spirit of Christian reconciliation and meekness, that we may heartily forgive every injury and be reconciled with our enemies. Grant us to overcome the malevolence and offences of people with Christian meekness and true love of our neighbor. We further beseech Thee, O Lord, to grant to our enemies true peace and forgiveness of sins; and do not allow them to leave this life without true faith and sincere conversion. And help us repay evil with goodness, and to remain safe from the temptations of the devil and from all the perils which threaten us, in the form of visible and invisible enemies.


In Jesus' Name.
Amen.

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A Prayer for One's Enemies - by St Nicolai of Zica


Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not
curse them.
Enemies have driven me into Thy embrace more
than friends have.
Friends have bound me to earth, enemies have
loosed me from earth and have demolished all my
aspirations in the world.
Enemies have made me a stranger in worldly
realms and an extraneous inhabitant of the world.
Just as a hunted animal finds safer shelter than an
unhunted animal does, so have I, persecuted by
enemies, found the safest sanctuary, having
ensconced myself beneath Thy tabernacle, where
neither friends nor enemies can slay my soul.
Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not
curse them.
They, rather than I, have confessed my sins
before the world.
They have punished me, whenever I have
hesitated to punish myself.
They have tormented me, whenever I have tried to
flee torments.
They have scolded me, whenever I have flattered
myself They have spat upon me, whenever I have
filled myself with arrogance.
Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not
curse them.
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Whenever I have made myself wise, they have
called me foolish.
Whenever I have made myself mighty, they have
mocked me as though I were a dwarf.
Whenever I have wanted to lead people, they
have shoved me into the background.
Whenever I have rushed to enrich myself, they
have prevented me with an iron hand.
Whenever I thought that I would sleep peacefully,
they have wakened me from sleep.
Whenever I have tried to build a home for a long
and tranquil life,they have demolished it and
driven me out.
Truly, enemies have cut me loose from the world
and have stretched out my hands to the hem of
Thy garment.
Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not
curse them.
Bless them and multiply them; multiply them and
make them even more bitterly against me:
so that my fleeing to Thee may have no return;
so that all hope in men may be scattered like
cobwebs;
so that absolute serenity may begin to reign in my
soul;
- 3 -
so that my heart may become the grave of my two
evil twins: arrogance and anger;
so that I might amass all my treasure in heaven;
ah, so that I may for once be freed from self
deception, which has entangled me in the dreadful
web of illusory life.
Enemies have taught me to know what hardly anyone
knows, that a person has no enemies in the world except
himself.
One hates his enemies only when he fails to realize that they
are not enemies, but cruel friends.
It is truly difficult for me to say who has done me more good
and who has done me more evil in the world: friends or
enemies.
Therefore bless, O Lord, both my friends and my enemies.
A slave curses enemies, for he does not understand.
But a son blesses them, for he understands. For a son
knows that his enemies cannot touch his life. Therefore he
freely steps among them and prays to God for them.
Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not
curse them.
Amen

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Proverbs 6:12-19,

‘A naughty person, a wicked person, walks with a bad mouth. The person winks with the eyes, and speaks with the feet, and teaches with the  fingers; wickedness is in the heart, they devise mischief, and spread discord. Therefore shall their calamity come suddenly; suddenly they shall be broken without remedy. For these six things the LORD hates; yes, seven are an abomination unto God: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood; a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are fast to run into mischief; a false witness that speaks lies, and they that spread discord among people.’

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