Good Jesus, Fountain of Love, Fill us with your love. Absorb us into your love; Surround us with your love, That we may see all things in the light of your love, Receive all things as the token of your love, Speak of all things in words breathing of your love, Win through your love others for your love, Be kindled…
Lord God, you have bound us together in this bundle of life: give us grace to understand how our lives depend upon the courage, the industry, the honesty and the integrity of others; that we may be mindful of their needs, grateful for their faithfulness, and faithful in our responsibilities to them. – By Pastor Reinhold Niebuhr 1892-1971AD
Late, have I loved you, Beauty so ancient so new! Late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside you and there I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they…
Dearest Lord, may I see you today and every day In the presence of your sick ones, and while I am nursing them may I serve you. Though you hide yourself behind the unattractive disguise of the irritable, the exacting, and the unreasonable, may I still recognise You and say: “Jesus, my patient, I am joyful to serve you.” …
Dear Jesus, Help us to spread your fragrance wherever we go. Flood us with you Spirit and life. Possess our being so utterly that our lives may be a radiance of yours. Let us praise you in the way you love best – by shining on those around us. Let us preach you without preaching Not by words but example,…
What if I could speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but had no love? It would be nothing more than a clanging cymbal – a useless noise! What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge? What if I even had faith that moved mountains, but had no love? I would be nothing. What…