Give me a heart of poverty,
able to love and open up
and give myself to others.

Give me a heart of patience,
able to love and live in hope.

Give me a heart of peacefulness,
able to slow and sow peace in
the world.

Give me a heart of justice,
able to love and measure myself
by the standard of justice.

Give me a heart of mercifulness,
able to love and understand and
Forgive others.

Give me a heart of sensitivity,
able to love and weep without
being discouraged.

Give me a heart of purity,
able to love and see god in
everyone.

Give me a heart of strength,
able to love and be faithful unto death.

Give me a heart touched by the gospel,
able to love