Tag: offering to God

• 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

  

  October 1, 2025

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