O Father, console them and please spare our country from that terrible disaster, not because we are any better but only out of grace. And if it has to be different, then teach me to pray: "Your will be done." O please protect him whom my soul lives! -From the journal of Diet Eman Diet Eman
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This prayer was written in 1894 by Diet Eman. The prayer is for his son, who was an officer in the Austrian Army at the time. It expresses concerns that his son may die in battle or that he may be wounded. The prayer concludes by begging God to protect his son.

Source: Things We Couldnt Say

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