(Icon: The Virgin of Vladimir, 12th century)
Teach us, good Lord,
to serve you as you deserve:
To give and not to
count the cost;
To fight and not to heed
the wounds;
To toil and not to
seek for rest;
To labor and not to
ask for any reward
Save that of knowing
that we do your will.
- Ignatius of Loyola, 16th century, founder of the Jesuit order