CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

MORNING PRAYER

Thanks be to Thee, Jesus Christ

Who brought'st me up from last night,

To the gladsome light of this day,

To win everlasting life for my soul,

Through the blood Thou didst shed for me.

Praise be to Thee, O God, for ever,

For the blessings Thou didst bestow on me -

My food, my speech, my work, my health,

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And I beseech Thee

To shield me from sin,

To shield me from ill,

To sain me this night,

And I low and poor,

O God of the poor!

O Christ of the wounds !

Give me wisdom along with Thy grace.

May the Holy One claim me,

And protect me on sea and on land,

And lead me on from step to step,

To the peace of the Everlasting City,

The peace of the Everlasting City!