1945
Charter of the United Nations
and Statute of the International Court of Justice
- (Prithwi Singh, September 1945:) “I assigned one or two of the New Year prayers to each learner [in the Ashram Press] and they have finished the job. The proofs are enclosed. There is a proposal to bring out the prayers in an 8-page booklet entitled ‘New Year Prayers (1933-1945)’. The model of the proposal is enclosed.
(Mother:) These prayers are a kind of historical recording of the psychological development of the world's events for the last twelve years or so; they must be read in chronological order.”[1]
Let the birth of the new year be the new birth of our consciousness.
Leaving the past far behind us, let us run towards a luminous future.
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Lord, the year is dying and our gratitude bows down to Thee.
Lord, the year is reborn, our prayer rises up to Thee.
Let it be for us also the dawn of a new life.
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We surrender to Thee this evening all that is artificial and false, all that pretends and imitates. Let it disappear with the year that is at an end. May only what is perfectly true, sincere, straight and pure subsist in the year that is beginning.
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O Lord! Grant that this year may be the year of Thy Victory. We aspire for a perfect faithfulness which would make us worthy of it.
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Glory to Thee, O Lord, who triumphest over every obstacle!
Grant that nothing in us may be an impediment to Thy
work.
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Lord, grant that everything in us may be ready for Thy Realisation. On the threshold of the new year we bow down to Thee, O Lord, Supreme Realiser.
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Will be the year of purification.
O Lord, all those who take part in the divine work implore Thee that by a supreme purification they may be liberated from the domination of the ego.
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A year of silence and expectation...
Let us find, O Lord, our entire support in Thy Grace alone.
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The world is fighting for its spiritual life menaced by the rush of hostile and undivine forces.
Lord, we aspire to be Thy valiant warriors so that Thy glory
may manifest upon the earth.
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Glory to Thee, O Lord, conqueror of every foe!
Give us the power to endure and share in Thy victory.
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The hour has come when a choice has to be made, radical and definitive.
Lord, give us the strength to reject falsehood and emerge in Thy truth, pure and worthy of Thy victory.
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O Lord, the world implores Thee to prevent it from falling back always into the same stupidities.
Grant that the mistakes recognised may never be renewed.
Grant lastly that its actions may be the exact and sincere expression of its proclaimed ideals.
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1945
The earth will enjoy a lasting and living peace only when men understand that they must be truthful even in their international dealings.
O Lord, it is for this perfect truthfulness that we aspire.
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