Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Sincerity of love

We love because he first loved us. - I John 4:19


After Communion

Dear God, dear God,
You came to me!
How glad I am! And yet I see
I am not what I ought to be.
Here is my heart!  It's small, but I
Have filled it up with love.  I'll try
To keep it that way till I die.    

 - Mary Dixon Thayer

From Friends of Ours by Sr Mary Estelle
of the Sisters of the Order of St Dominic
The Marywood Readers (pg 82)
Grand Rapids, Michigan (1931)

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