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REFLECTIONS
February 25, 2006
"AN ACT OF
THANKS
O Lord, I am less than all
Thy mercies,
and all Thy truth, which Thy
hast shewed unto Thy servant;
and what more can I say unto
Thee?
for Thou, Lord God, knowest
Thy servant.
What is Thy servant, Lord
God, and what is my house,
that Thou shouldest look on
such a dead dog
as I am?
that thou has loved me
hitherto?
what shall I render unto the
Lord for all the
benefit that He hath done
unto me?
what thanks can we render
unto God
for all the joy wherewith we
joy before
Him?
Thou who has deigned, O
Lord, in this holy
day, and at this hour,
to raise my mind to Thy
praise,
and to offer Thee the glory
due unto Thee,
receive, O Lord, this
spiritual sacrifice from my soul;
and receiving it to thee
unto Thy spiritual
altar,
be pleased in its stead to
send me the grace
of Thy Most High Spirit.
Visit me in Thy goodness;
forgive me every sin, as
well voluntary as
involuntary.
Deliver me from eternal
punishment:
yea, and from all the
miseries of this world.
Change my thoughts into
piety;
sanctify my spirit, soul and
body;
and give me grace to worship
and to please
Thee in piety and holiness
of life,
even until the very end of
my days.
To Him, that is able to do
exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ask or
think,
according to the power that
worketh in us,
to Him be glory in the
Church of Christ,
throughout all ages, world
without end.
My soul shall be satisfied
as it were with marrow and fatness;
and my mouth shall praise
Thee with joyful
lips."
-From The Private
Devotions of Lancelot Andrewes The World Publishing Co.
New York 1956
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