A Prayer of Anselm

"Lord, because You have made me, I owe You the whole of my love;

Because You have redeemed me, I owe You the whole of myself;

Because You have promised so much, I owe You my whole being. 

I pray You, Lord, make me taste by love what I taste by knowledge; 

Let me know by love what I know by understanding. 

I owe You more than my whole self, but I have no more,

And by myself I cannot render the whole of it to You.

Draw me to You, Lord, in the fullness of Your love.

I am wholly Yours by creation;

Make me Yours, too, in love. Amen."

~Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury (1033?-1109)