Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Giving All


This prayer by Anselm (1033-1109) nearly 1000 years old, really gets to the heart of following Jesus:

Lord, because you have made me, I owe you the whole of my love; because you have redeemed me, I owe you the whole of myself; because you have promised so much, I owe you my whole being. 

I owe you more than my whole self, but I have no more, and by myself I cannot render the whole of it to you. Draw me to you, Lord, in the fullness of your love. I am wholly yours by creation; make me all yours, too, in love.

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