"6. O Lord my God, Thou art all my good, and who am I should dare to speak unto Thee? I am the very poorest of Thy servants, an abject worm, much poorer and nothing, I have nothing, and can do nothing. Though only art good, just and holy; Thou canst do all things, art over all things, fillest all things, leaving empty only the sinner. Call to mind Thy tender mercies, and fill my heart with Thy grace, Thou who wilt not that Thy work should return to Thee void.
How can I bear this miserable life unless Thy mercy and grace strengthen me? Turn not away Thy face from me, delay not Thy visitation. Withdraw not Thou Thy comfort from me, lest my soul 'gasp after thee as a thirsty land.' Lord, teach me to do Thy will, teach me to walk humbly and uprightly before Thee, for Thou art my wisdom, who knowest me in truth, and knewest me before the world was made and before I was born into the world."
(1) John vi. 63. (2) Psalm xciv. (3) Isaiah xxiii. 4.
(by Thomas A. Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, pg. 36)
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