Friday, July 1, 2011

A Prayer

The Virgin in Prayer
Sassoferratto
1640-50
The National Gallery

Take from us, O God, all pride and vanity, all boasting and forwardness, and give us the true courage that shows itself by gentleness; the true wisdom that shows itself by simplicity; and the true power that shows itself by modesty; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

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