For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to ea…

For my days are consumed like smoke. These expressions are hyperbolic, but they still show how deeply the desolation of the Church ought t…

For my days are consumed like smoke
Which suddenly rises up, is easily dissipated, and quickly disappears; so sudden…

The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, as often elsewhere, the Holy Spirit has put words into our mouths. Here is a pray…