Oratio: Nothing To Offer

Naked before the Lord
prostrate
before the altar of heaven
with nothing to offer
but myself
and my service
deserving not even love
nor to be in his presence
I pray for his grace
and mercy
my life has run its course
what is left of me
belongs to him
may he shape
and do with me
as he wills

~Robert Van Valkenburgh

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