Our hearts are yours by Henry
Law. My son, give me your heart and
let your eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23 26. Holy Father, Almighty God, we
desire to give our hearts to you without one shadow of reserve. We beseech you to take full possession
of them. Expel mightily every opposing
foe. Crush every rebel lust. Mortify each traitorous passion. Annihilate each earth-born desire. Our hearts are yours, for you
have created them. They are yours, for you have
redeemed them by the most precious blood of your only begotten Son. They are yours, because in free
love you have renewed them by your Holy Spirit. They are yours,
because you have conquered them by your grace. They are yours,
because we willingly surrender them to you. Occupy them wholly
by your presence, Exclude every intruding rival, Reign supreme
within them. We would love you now and for
evermore With all our hearts, and all our souls, And all our
might, and all our strength. You are worthy of infinitude
adoration, far beyond what our dull hearts can yield. Is love
among men awakened by genius, wisdom, worth, and seeming perfection? You are the very perfection of
all perfections. All intellect is derived from
you. Our scanty rivulets flow from
your unfathomable fountain. Compared with you, the sun is
darkness, all beauty is deformity, all knowledge is folly, the best
goodness is most faulty. You, the great Creator, who inhabits
eternity, are high above all creatures. So invigorate our
love, that it may worthily rise to You and tightly entwine itself
around You.