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restore
often to the dust I fall
so light that we walk on water
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a broken, divided family
confront to reconcile
Reconciliation by Vasconcellos, By Martinvl (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
fill us with resolve

Christ Appears at Lake Tiberias, William de Brailes, c. 1250
restoring lost time
O my God! Source of all mercy!
I acknowledge Your sovereign power.
While recalling the wasted years that are past,
I believe that You, Lord,
can in an instant turn this loss to gain.
Miserable as I am,
yet I firmly believe that You can do all things.
Please restore to me the time lost,
giving me Your grace,
both now and in the future,
that I may appear before You in “wedding garments.”
Amen.