GRANT, O Lord, that I may be like

 a fire that illumines and gives warmth,

like a spring of water that quenches thirst,

like a tree that shelters and protects.

...Men are so unhappy and ignorant and have so great a need of help.

   My trust in Thee, the certitude within me grow deeper day by day; and day by day too I feel Thy love more ardent within my heart, Thy light more brilliant and yet also more sweet; and more and more am I unable to distinguish Thy Work from my life and my individual being from the entire earth.