Vespera

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Per aspera ad astra! Amor vincit omnia!

Make my life
a channel of your mercy
A resting place for your love
Where I can be made new

Take my soul
Lead me to the holy
Walk me out of hurting
Restore and make me whole

Use my eyes
Let me see your zephyr
Feel your warming presence
Through this cold dark night

Make my heart
This weak and broken sanctum,
Where you once indwelled me
A fountain of your life.

Take my hands
Mend this failing body
Patch the wounds within me
Let me be for you only

Change me within the world
Change the world within me
And change the world through me