Commitment Prayer

In your hand I put mine
in your heart I put mine
protection of the innocence
in my soul
and wondrous father of my love

and my life
hold me, hold my tears
and save me from drowning in them
hold up my head and restore me
until I can hold it up myself

I choose Joy.

I give myself to you,
that the actions of people
would have less weight in my heart
that I would be made of your stuff
that heaven would fill my heart

I am not a good friend
nor do I know how to be one
bitterness and jealousy bind me
and try to make me cynical
free me, Jesus.


Free me as I bind myself to you
stronger by the hour
I absorb into you,
never to be recovered to the old me.


Let me dwell in you and on you,
so near to your heart that it becomes part of me
the drum I march to,
the blink of my eyes,
the throb of my head, intoxicating and airy.

Fill my lungs with golden air
made by the trees of heaven
recycled from the mouths of angels
breathed by love himself.


Control me, I submit this
body of clay back to
the creator who alone can give it rest.