Rock of Faith

Lord grant us to have freely the gift the gift of the grace of faith & let us not be so arrogant as to believe in our own pride that we can self-illuminate our own minds our own hearts our own souls our own strength & courage by our own spirits for our souls live in utter darkness & cannot receive light no matter the effort or the toil expended for darkness illuminated by darkness is darker still O Lord light of the world light of mankind the human race O Light of light divine make us humble in our faith that we may accept Your gift of faith freely & without any reservations abandoning all into Your care & wisdom unearned graciously received eternally