Lutheran Prayer

O ETERNAL, Gracious and bountiful God in heaven who hast again, out of boundless grace and fatherly care, suffered me to end this day in good health and spirits, I thank Thee for this from my whole heart. And since, alas, I did not spend this day to Thy praise and honor, and to the welfare of my neighbor, my perverted nature being inclined to evil rather than to good, grant, I beseech Thee, O faithful God, that I, who was conceived in sin, may realize my frailty and partake of Thy divine grace. Also teach me to meditate often on my death, that I may prepare for it in true repentance, and at its approach may, with confidence and bliss, leave this life of misery to be translated into Thy heavenly paradise, together with all faithful Christians. But while in this mortal frame, I pray Thee, to take me into Thine almighty protection, guarding and preserving me from all harm and danger of body and soul; for Christ Jesus, Thy dear Son’s sake. Amen.