Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), was Queen of Scotland from December 14, 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. Mar suffered a lot under Queen Elizabeth I and was imprisoned for many years. She was a devout Catholic and was beheaded on February 8, 1587, aged 44. She wrote this beautiful prayer when she was still alive.
Keep us, o God from all pettiness.
Let us be large in thought, in word
and in deed.
Let us be done with fault-finding and
leave off all self-seeking.
May we put away all pretence and meet
each other face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment, and
always be generous.
Let us always take time for all
things, and make us to grow calm, serene and gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better
impulses, to be straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize that it is
the little things of life that create differences, that in the big things of
life, we are as one.
And, o Lord God, let us not forget to
be kind. Amen.
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