O Thou, cut down in me this hour and every
hour the swift growing tree of self-regard
which screens me from the needs of others.
Fill me with the realization that for these
few swift years I am put here on earth,
I am lent to be spent in the service of others.
Come!Spirit of Love!Penetrate and transform us by the action of Your purifying life.May your constant, brooding love bring forth in us more love and all the graces and works of love.Give us grace to remain still under its action, and may that humbles stillness be our prayer.Amen.
~ Evelyn Underhill