glory, and see, love, praise and enjoy thee for ever. In the meantime, I beg that the kingdom of thy grace, and of thy love, may come into our souls; that thou mayst ever reign in us without control, and make us all according to thy own heart; that nothing in us may any more presume to rebel against thee, the true king of hearts; but that we may be ever faithful servants and subjects of thy love.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
The blessed in heaven have no other will, O Lord, but thine. This will of thine they ever adore; this they eternally embrace and love; this they readily and cheerfully obey. Oh, that we, poor banished children of Adam here upon earth, did in like manner adore, embrace, and love thy will! Oh, that we obeyed it in like manner! Lord, it is my sincere desire and hearty prayer, that from henceforward thy holy will may be done by us in all things. Oh, grant that from this moment thy will may be the rule of our actions; and that in all our deliberations, like St. Paul, after his conversion, we may ever cry out to thee, O Lord , what wouldst thou have me to do? Oh, grant that in all our sufferings we may ever have a perfect conformity to thy holy will.
Give us this day our daily bread.
The bread of our souls, which is to support us during this day of our mortality, and to feed and nourish us to life everlasting, is no other, O Lord, than thy Son, who hast said, I am the living Bread, that came down from heaven; he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever; And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world . This bread of life we earnestly beg of thee. This we desire often to receive sacramentally, this we desire daily to
