so let me live my Rule.   

You said, "Take up your cross"!   
Oh, let suffering be my joy!   
You said; "Follow me"!   
Please grant me this grace,  
as you did your Saints,  
that I, too, may give my life in service to all.   

In me may you move again among us.  
May my voice proclaim your Word.   
May my eyes reflect your joy  
and peace to all.   
May I listen to others like you always did.   
In my working may I be your servant.   

Lord, let me become   
a living prayer in my spirit.   
May my love of others exalt your holy Name.  
May my thoughts be just as your thoughts.   
May my will be to do Your Will.  
Let me breathe in your Spirit   
as if my own.   
And, when I take pause   
may I contemplate only you.   

For you are my God and my All, everything I now seek;  
in whom I long to be!   
Let me become an eternal prayer!   
Come! Rest in me, my Lord!  
All praise, all glory, all honor, all blessing to you,  
my God, within me!  
Amen.  
Brother Not  
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