God’s Merciful Love:

God, my faults and flaws are ever before me, masked but unmended. My only hope is knowing that you see me as I am and forgive me without hesitation or question. In your kindness, have mercy on me, a sinner.

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A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

- Saint John Climacus