{"id":4458,"date":"2018-05-03T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:14:32","slug":"a-prayer-when-we-have-failed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/a-prayer-when-we-have-failed-2","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer when we have Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">O God, you know how badly I have failed in the task which I attempted, and in which I so much wanted to do well. Don\u2019t let me become too depressed and discouraged. Help me to have the determination to try again and to work still harder. Don\u2019t let me be envious and jealous of those who have succeeded where I have failed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Help me to learn the lesson which you want me to learn from this failure. Help me to begin again and not to make the same mistakes again. 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