Give Me, Good Lord a Full Faith, a Firm Hope, and a Fervent Charity

. . . give me, good Lord a full faith, a firm hope, and a fervent charity, a
love to thee incomparable above the love to myself. Give me, good Lord, a
longing to be with thee, not for the avoiding of the calamities of this world, nor so
much for the attaining of the joys of heaven, as for a very love of thee . . .

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)