Lord, I thank you for the gift of life and the gift of faith you have given me.

I thank you also for the love you have for me, for us; for the immense and undeserved grace of being your apostle on earth.

Show me the way to please you.

Help me to share your love with others, a true and deep love like yours.

Give me the strength to fight every day against the senselessness of living apart from you.

Thank you, Lord, for all that you have given me.

The Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco