He Who Is Devout To

Take, O Lord, And Receive My Entire Liberty, My Memory, My Understanding And My Whole Will. All That I Am And All That I Possess You Have Given Me. I Surrender It All To You To Be Disposed Of According To Your Will. Give Me Only Your Love And Your Grace; With These I Will Be Rich Enough, And Will Desire Nothing More.

O My God, Teach Me To Be Generous To Serve You As You Deserve To Be Served To Give Without Counting The Cost To Fight Without Fear Of Being Wounded To Work Without Seeking Rest And To Spend Myself Without Expecting Any Reward But The Knowledge That I Am Doing Your Holy Will. Amen

Realize That Illness And Other Temporal Setbacks Often Come To Us From The Hand Of God Our Lord, And Are Sent To Help Us Know Ourselves Better, To Free Ourselves Of The Love Of Created Things, And To Reflect On The Brevity Of This Life And, Thus, To Prepare Ourselves For The Life Which Is Without End.

To Have Prevented One Single Sin Is Reward Enough For The Labors And Efforts Of A Whole Lifetime.

Teach Us To Give And Not To Count The Cost.