There are many prayers in Augustine's Confessions (c. AD 400). All through his written journey he talks to God. In Book I he begins with, "...you made us for yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in you." And, “On your exceedingly great mercy rests all my hope. Grant what you command, and command what you will.” (Confessions, X:29) Here is a prayer from Book X:69-70 that I've adapted for congregational use, perhaps before Communion: “How you have loved us, O good Father, who did not spare your only Son, but delivered him up for us who are wicked! How you have loved us, for whom your Son became obedient unto death, even death upon the cross! He had power to lay down his life and power to take it up again, and for us he became to you both Victor and Victim. For us, he became both Priest and Sacrifice. Out of slavery he made us your sons. Our hope is fixed upon him, who will heal all our dise...