Deliver Us from the Evil One - Praying with the Church

From Thomas Merton in Thoughts in Solitude (Quoted in Randal Working, From Rebellion to Redemption)

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My Lord God, 
I have no idea where I am going.  
I do not see the road ahead of me. 
I cannot know for certain where it will end.  
Nor do I really know myself, 
and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.  
But I believe that the desire to please you 
does in fact please you.  
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. 
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. 
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.  
Therefore will I trust you always 
though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.  
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,  
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.