O God, in whom nothing can live but as it lives in love,
grant us the spirit of love
which does not want to be rewarded, honoured or esteemed,
but only to become the blessing and happiness of everything that wants it;
love which is the very joy of life,
and thine own goodness and truth within the soul;
who thyself art Love,
and by love our Redeemer, from eternity to eternity. Amen.
A prayer by William Law – the English spiritual writer and mystic (1686 – 1761)
