July 2, 2018
My God, I believe in You;
please strengthen my faith.
All my hopes are in You;
please secure them.
I love You with my whole heart;
teach me to love You daily more and more.
If I I have offended You; increase my sorrow.
I adore You as my first beginning.
I aspire after You as my last end.
I give You thanks as my constant Benefactor.
I call upon You as my sovereign Protector.
Grant, O my God,
to conduct me by Your wisdom,
to restrain me by Your justice,
to conform me by Your mercy,
and to defend me by Your power.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.