Mar 7, 2024
O servant of love
whom the angels knew
to be of God
for your blessed care
of the poor and the sick
and all the needy pilgrims
who came to you in abundance
that you might be the greater blest
by what you did for the least
of Christ’s brothers,
you who turned from the world
to absolute service of the Lord
and complete trust in His providence –
please pray that our hearts
may be enlarged
and we find the grace
to lay down our lives so freely
for the needs of others,
for their well-being,
that as we welcome all who come to us
we might ourselves be welcomed
in our misery
into the loving arms of Jesus.