Lord Jesus,

I give you my hands to do your work;

I give you my feet to go your way;

I give you my eyes to see as you do;

I give you my tongue to speak your words;

I give you my mind that you may think in me;

I give you my spirit that you may pray in me.

Above all,

I give you my heart that you may love in me

your Father and all mankind;

I give you my whole self

that you may grow in me,

so that it is you, Lord Jesus,

who live and work and pray in me.

O Lord, you know that I have nine houses in the city of London, and that I have recently purchased an estate in Essex. Please keep the two counties of Middlesex and Essex from fires and earthquakes. And, as I have also a mortgage in Hertfordshire, I beg you also to have an eye of compassion on that county, and the rest of the counties you may treat as you like. O Lord, help the banks to meet all their bills and make all debtors good men. Give prosperous voyage and safe return to the ship Mermaid because I have not insured it. And because you said "The days of the wicked are short", I trust that you will not forget your promise as I will inherit an estate on the death of that worthless young man Sir J.L.... Keep my friends from sinking, preserve me from thieves and housebreakers, and make all my servants so honest and faithful that they may always attend to my interests, and never cheat me out of my property night and day.

Amen.

5. Which prayer do you prefer? Say why.

5. (You don’t need to copy out these instructions)
   Copy the Grail Prayer into your books, and illustrate with ways in which the prayer could be put into effect.