A prayer

Love is my meaning (Elizabeth Basset)

My God, I desire to love Thee perfectly,

With all my heart which Thou madest for Thyself

With all my mind, which only Thou canst satisfy

With all my soul, which feign would soar to Thee.

With all my strength, my feeble strength, which shrinks before

so great a task and yet can choose naught else but spend itself

in loving Thee.

Claim Thou my heart,

Fill Thou my mind,

Uplift my soul and

Reinforce my strength,

That when I fail Thou mayest succeed in me

And make me love Thee perfectly.

I would like to keep this prayer before me as we move into the new year.