Prayer to Mother Theodore Guérin

Those inclinations I possess;
they want to defy
God’s holiness.
Lord, I surrender.
I am turning to you.
I repent and ask
for your virtues and truth.
Please be my light.
Cast the darkness aside.
Your love is my refuge.
In You I’ll Abide.

By Patrick Harkins

(Patrick Harkins is a member of St. Joseph University Parish in Terre Haute and is a professor emeritus from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary-of-the-Woods.)