Oh Lord, the only Holy One, you have called us to be holy, even as you are holy! Lord, how can we, unless you reveal to us your holiness? Show us how you are holy, how holy you are, and what your holiness is, that we may know how we are to be holy and how holy we are to be. And when the sight of you shows us how unholy we are, teach us that you make those partakers of your own holiness who come to you for it.
O God, we come to you, the Holy One. It is in knowing and finding and having you that the soul finds holiness. We come to beseech you to burn into our heart that the one object of your calling us and of our coming to you is holiness. You would have us be like yourself, partakers of your holiness. If ever our heart fears that this is too high to attain or rests content with a salvation less than holiness, blessed God, let us hear your voice calling again, �Be holy, for I am holy.� Let that call be our motivation and our strength, because faithful is He that calls, who also will do it. Let that call mark our standard and our path. |
