patience
infinite patience
Behold the Man by Pierre Mignard, 1690 via Wikimedia Commons
Lenten prayer of St Ephrem
Priest reciting Prayer of Saint Ephraim by RassaphoreGeorge (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
an example of patience
Get Behind Me, Satan! by Ilya Repin (Voices from Russia) 1895 via Wikimedia Commons
in me there is darkness …
I Need Thy sense of Time
invade us with hope
A patient Patient
Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
And, O God, while you are Jesus my patient, deign also to be to me a patient Jesus, bearing with my faults, looking only to my intention, which is to love and serve you in the person of each of your sick.
Lord, increase my faith bless my effort and work, now and forevermore.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997
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