{"id":4698,"date":"2026-11-08T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/prayers\/morning-prayer-philaret\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T00:05:23","slug":"morning-prayer-philaret","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/prayers\/morning-prayer-philaret\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Prayer of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Lord, grant me to meet the coming day in peace. Help me in all things to rely on <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> holy will. In every hour of this day, reveal <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> will to me. Bless my dealings with all who surround me.<\/p>\n<p>Teach me to accept whatever news may come to me in the course of this day with a calm soul and with the firm conviction that <span class=\"pr-t\">Thy<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">Your<\/span> will governs all. In all my words and deeds, guide my thoughts and feelings. In unforeseen events, let me not forget that all things are sent by <span class=\"pr-t\">Thee<\/span><span class=\"pr-y\">You<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Teach me to act firmly and wisely, without embittering or embarrassing others. Give me strength to bear the fatigue of the coming day with all that it shall bring. Guide my will, and teach me to pray, to believe, to hope, to be patient, to forgive and to love. Amen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pr-rubric\">This prayer is known in Russian piety under the name of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (1782-1867), and is also handed down as the morning prayer of the last elders of Optina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beloved prayer for the coming day, asking the grace to meet every event with peace and with trust in God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","liturgical_season":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-4698","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/4698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"liturgical_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/liturgical_season?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodox.faith\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}