Lord, for tomorrow and its needs
("Just for today")

Sister M. Xavier
Nicola A. Montani

Slowly

1.
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray:
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, Just for today. Let me both diligently work, And duly pray:
Let me be kind in word or deed, Just for today.

2.
Let me be slow to do my will, Prompt to obey:
Help me to mortify my flesh, Just for today.
Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinkingly say;
Set Thou a seal upon my lips, Just for today.

3.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave, In season, gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy Grace, Just for today.
And if today my tide of life Should ebb away,
Give me Thy Sacraments divine, Sweet Lord, today.

4.
In purgatory's cleansing fires Brief be my stay;
Oh, bid me, if today I die, Go home today.
So, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray;
But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, just for today.

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