I find that your will knows no end in me.
And when old words die out on the tongue
New melodies break forth from the heart.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Lord, take our minds and think through them;
take our lips and speak through them;
take our hearts and set them on fire
with the desire to do your holy will;
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Student prayer

Father, I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all Your creatures –
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you Lord,
and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
For you are my Father.

Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916)

Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.
Grant us ears to hear,
Eyes to see,
Wills to obey,
Hearts to love;
Then declare what you will,
Reveal what you will,
Command what you will,
Demand what you will.

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

O God, grant us the serenity
to accept what cannot be changed,
the courage to change what can be changed
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

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