O Most Gracious God, From Whom Comes Every Good and Perfect Gift

O most gracious God, from whom comes every good and perfect gift, work in us both to will and to do according to your good pleasure. Enlighten our minds that we may know you, and let us not be unfruitful in that knowledge. Lord, work in our hearts a true faith, a purifying hope, and an unfeigned love for you. Give us a full trust in you, zeal for you, reverence of all things that relate to you. Make us fearful to offend you, thankful for your mercies, humble under your corrections, devout in your service, and sorrowful for our sins.



Thomas a Kempis from The Imitation of Christ