One Long Act of Love

"May my life be a continual prayer,

one long act of love.

May nothing be able to distract me from You.

I would like so much, O my Master,

to live with You in silence.

But what I love above all is to do Your will, 

and since You still want me to be in the world,

I submit with all my heart for love of You.

I offer to You the cell of my heart;

may it be Your little Bethany.

Come to rest there.

I love you so."

~Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity