Life, Light, and Strength

O God, who is the light of the minds that know You,
the life of the souls that love You
and the strength of the wills that serve You,
help us so to know You,
that we may truly love You,
so to love You,
that we may fully serve You,
whom to serve is perfect freedom,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

--from the Gelasian Sacramentary, in Evelyn Underhill's Prayer Book, ed. by Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and spiritual teacher

Photo: Chapel of the Apostles, Sewanee.