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.