REBECCA'S PRAYER
By W. T. Block
- Dear Jesus, as we come today
- To hear Thy word, to sing and pray;
- Remove our sin so that we may
- A temple undefiled display,
- Contrite and clean.
- Cleanse out each sinful, hidden stain
- Of anger, jealousy, disdain;
- And help us ever to refrain
- From acts unworthy of Thy name,
- As here we glean.
- And fill our minds with thoughts of Thee;
- Our hearts with love and charity;
- Devout and humble so that we
- Might light a path that others see
- So they can find;
- The Christ Who once our sorrows bore;
- Whose Brow a crown of thorns once wore;
- Whose Grace we humbly now implore,
- To guard our lives, our Church, our shore
- Till the end of time. In Thy Name, Amen.
