Prayer of Abandonment into God

Softly as the dew-fall of heaven,

may the Holy Spirit come upon me

to aid me and to raise me,

to bind my prayer firmly

at the throne of the King of life.

God's will would I do,

my own will bridle;

God's due would I give,

my own due yield;

God's path

would I travel

my own path refuse.

All whom I love,

into Your safe keeping;

all that I am,

into your tender care;

all that will be,

into your perfect will.

Amen.

-- from Celtic Daily Prayer, Book One: The Journey Begins, from prayers relating to Cuthbert of Northumbria (635-687), pp. 297-298. Cuthbert's feast day in today, March 20.

Image: Castle on Holy Isle of Landisfarne.