(Painting: "The Crucifixion," by Konrad von Soest)
Accept, O Lord God,
our Father, the sacrifices of our thanksgiving; this, of praise, for your great
mercies already afforded to us; and this, of prayer, for the continuance and enlargement
of them; this, of penitence, for such only recompense as our sinful nature can
endeavor; and this, of the love of our hearts, as the only gift you ask or
desire, and all these, through the all-holy and atoning sacrifice of Jesus
Christ your Son our Savior.
- John Donne