You alone are holy, Lord God, Worker of Wonders.

You are mighty.  You are great.  You are the Most High.

You are omnipotent, our holy Father, King of heaven and earth.

You, Lord God, three in one, are our every good.

You, Lord God, all good, our highest good – Lord God living and true.

You are charity and love.

You are wisdom. You are humility.

You are patience.

You are security.  You are peace.

You are joy and gladness.

You are justice and temperance.

You are riches altogether sufficient.

You are beauty.  You are meekness.

You are our refreshment.

You are our hope.  You are our faith.

You are our most profound sweetness.

You are our eternal life, great and admirable Lord,

    omnipotent God, merciful Savior!

 

Carlo Carretto, 1910 – 1988, Italian writer and minister

 

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Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
    “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
        or who has been his counselor?”
    “Or who has given a gift to him
        that he might be repaid?”
For from him and through him and to him are all things.

To him be glory forever. Amen.