Bodies dead to sin and
souls alive by faith,
Grant us, Lord, grant
us.
Holy fear and true
love,
Grant us, Lord, grant
us.
Lives that please you,
deaths you can approve of,
Grant us, Lord, grant
us.
Ourselves and all that
we have we owe to the Lord.
He gave them, he increased them, he gives us the
means to keep them.
To his mercy we commend them, and to the judgment of his
providence.
Lord, have mercy.
- a Roman litany