My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
O you whom no one truly seeks and does not find,
come within us
that we may go to you and live in you,
for surely this comes not from the person
willing, nor from the person running,
but from you who have mercy!
Inspire us first that we may believe!
Strengthen us that we may hope!
Call us forth and set us on fire that we may love.
May everything of ours be yours,
that we may truly be in you,
in whom we live and move and have our being.
William of Saint Thierry, The Mirror of Faith