PRAYER COMPILED BY Anil MITRA. Original version October 25, 2011 LATEST EDITION June 30, 2015 Contents AA Third Step Prayer—Original Version AA Third Step Prayer—Universal Version Third Step Prayer—An Adaptation Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi—11th Step prayer
The Lord's PrayerOur Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. AA Third Step Prayer—Original VersionGod, I offer myself to You— To build with me and do as You will. Relieve me of the bondage of self, That I may better do Your will. Take away my difficulties, That victory over them may bear witness To those I would help of Your Power, Your love, and Your way of life. May I do your will always. AA Third Step Prayer—Universal VersionPreliminaryA criticism of the idea of God is its anthropic nature: an I relates to a You. Therefore a neutral alternative has been to think: I relate to a universe that has neither feeling nor caring We have seen however that the universe has no limits on its nature and that we do inherit that limitless nature; and it is a second anthropomorphism to think that the only great you can be the You of ancient imagination. Therefore we may think of real individual as an ‘i’ and the real universe, unknown, as a ‘you’—a ‘u’ Prayer to the universei offer myself to you— to build with me and do as you will. relieve me of the bondage of self, that i may better do your will. take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those i would help of your power, your love, and your way of life. may i do your will always. Third Step Prayer—An Adaptationimmediate—ultimate, To shed the bondage of limited self— Seventh Step PrayerMy Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good & bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you & my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do Your bidding. Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi—11th Step prayerLord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life. Amen. Serenity PrayerGod, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot
change, Courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the
difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this A Prayer to the Universe[For modification] We have learnt That Being is infinite and eternal; that Its Power is without limit That our being—our personal power, our ability to heal and create—immensely limited in our present form, is part of and has source in the Power of Being which, being eternal and limitless, has and needs no source That where we are limited and without power, we may share in the Power of Being… that where we are broken we may heal, that where we are empty we may receive, and that where we have nothing we may give We ask for Acceptance of this day, of its early morning beauty, its sunset, its night Acceptance and embrace of pain and what is repulsive but unavoidable Knowledge of the real and the good Moral sense and awareness so that our thoughts and actions are good—for the good of all and of ourselves Vision that we may see opportunity and pitfall… and Strength in action Sensitivity and Meditation that we may hear the Voice of Being—Your Voice Illumination and direction on the path to Being, the source, the limitless, the ultimate, and the eternal We dedicate our being to Healing… so that we may receive and give Reciprocity... that where we receive according to need, we may give according to ability To living… in illumination on the path to Being, the source, the limitless and the ultimate, and the eternal |