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:that all may know Thy love. . . O Lord, pour down Thy grace on the earth. Let all the nations of the earth come to know Thy love;
:to know that Thou lovest us with a mother’s love, and more than a mother’s love for even a mother may be forgetful of her children,
:but Thou forgettest never, because Thy love for Thy creation is boundless, and love cannot forget. O merciful Lord, by the riches of Thy mercy, :save all peoples” (''St Silouan the Athonite'', page 276).
:O Lord, let all Thy peoples discern Thy love, and the sweetness of the Holy Spirit, that men may forget the sorrows of this world,
:and forsake all that is evil, and cling unto Thee in love, and live in peace, doing Thy will to Thy glory… I pray Thee, O merciful Lord,
:for all the peoples of the earth, that they may come to know Thee by the Holy Spirit. As Thou didst suffer my sinful self to know Thee in :Thy Holy :Spirit, :so let all the peoples of the earth know Thee, and praise Thee day and night. I know, O Lord, that Thou dost love Thy :people, but men do not :comprehend Thy love, :and the nations are flung about the surface of the earth… People have forgotten Thee, :their Creator, and seek after their own freedom, :not perceiving that Thou art merciful, and lovest the repenting sinner, and givest him :the grace of Thy Holy Spirit. Lord, Lord, :grant the strength of Thy grace, that all nations may know Thee in the Holy Spirit, and praise :Thee in joy, :just as Thou didst give to my unclean and odious self the joy of desiring Thee, so that my soul is drawn day and night to :crave Thy love”
:(''St Silouan the Athonite'', pages 273-275).