After Mass

Dear Jesus,
help us to spread thy fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with thy spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly,
that all our life may only be a radiance of thine.
Shine through us
and be so in us
that every soul we come in contact with
may feel thy presence in our soul.
Let them look up and see no longer us, but only Jesus.
Stay with us and then we shall begin to shine as thou dost shine,
so to shine as to be a light to others. Amen.

Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)