my soul; bless my resolutions ... in heaven for all the love and goodness thou, O dearest father, hast shown me here below. Amen. Now pray the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary and Glory Be, three times ...

Dear God and Father of mine, Lord ... prepare my soul to appear in your presence; and from this moment on I abandon myself without reserve into the arms of your fatherly providence. O my Creator ...

In 1752, a woman in Germany penned the words of what is named today in song--"Be Still My Soul". What a powerful bible based song Katharina Amalia Dorthea von Schlegel gave us well over 250 years ago ...