I HAVE A MISSION

God has created me
to do Him some definite service
He has committed some work to me
which He has not committed to another
I have my mission
I may never know it in this life
but I should be told it in the next
I am a link in a chain
a bond of connection between persons
He has not created me for naught
I shall do good
I shall do His work
I shall be an angel of peace
a preacher of truth in my own place
while not intending it
if I do but keep His commandments
Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be
thrown away
If I am in sickness, my sickness
may serve Him
He does nothing in vain
He knows what he is about.
He may take away my friends
He may throw me among strangers
He may make me feel desolate

make my spirits sink
hide my future from me
still He knows what He is about
Therefore I will trust HIM.
--- John Henry Cardinal Newman