There is a prayer that the Missionaries of Charity pray
every day. Cardinal Newman wrote it:
Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance wherever I am.
Fill my heart with your Spirit and your life.
Penetrate my being and take such hold of me that my life becomes
a radiation of your own life.
Give your light through me and remain in me in such a way that
every soul I come in contact with can feel your presence in me.
May people not see me, but see you in me. Remain in me, so
that I shine with your light, and may others be illuminated by my light.
All light will come from you, Oh Jesus.
Not even the smallest ray of light will be mine. You will illuminate
others through me.
Place on my lips your greatest praise, illuminating others
around me.
May I preach you with actions more than with words, with the
example of my actions, with the visible light of the love that comes from you
to my heart.
Amen.
Mother Teresa: In My Own Words, p 34-35
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