Saint Arnold Janssen Prayer — Complete Collection of SVD Prayers and Novena (2026)
There is a particular kind of faith that does not wait for conditions to be favorable. It finds a way forward when every door appears closed. When Arnold Janssen — a German priest with a vision for a missionary training house — was refused support by every bishop in Germany, he crossed into the Netherlands and founded his mission in a rented house in the small village of Steyl.
When the Society of the Divine Word had only a handful of members and no money, he published a magazine that would eventually reach half the world. When people told him his vision was too big, he pulled out an atlas and pointed to the nations not yet reached by the Gospel. He was a man of enormous faith, meticulous prayer, and the particular stubbornness that saints sometimes display when God has given them a mission the world has not yet caught up to.
I have spent years studying the spirituality of missionary founders and the devotional traditions they left behind. What I know about Arnold Janssen is this: his life was structured on prayer — hourly, daily, quarterly — prayer so woven into the fabric of his day that his private secretary found him regularly at 3 AM in prayer before a lamp and an atlas of the unevangelized world.
The prayers he prayed and the prayer forms he created — the Quarter Hour Prayer, the SVD Motto Prayer, his personal acts of faith, hope, and love — are not just historical artifacts. They are living invitations to the same God he prayed to, available to everyone who prays them today. This complete saint arnold janssen prayer collection — including his signature prayers, the novena, prayers for students, vocations, missionaries, and the Tagalog tradition — was built to bring these extraordinary words to everyone who calls on his intercession.
Who Was Saint Arnold Janssen? — Life, Mission, and Legacy
Early Life and Formation
Arnold Janssen was born on November 5, 1837 in Goch, Germany, the second of ten children in a deeply Catholic farming family. His father Heinrich Janssen was known for his habitual prayer — he would stop in the middle of any activity when a church bell rang and pray the Angelus. This culture of uninterrupted, habitual prayer shaped Arnold from childhood and became the foundation of one of his greatest spiritual contributions: the Quarter Hour Prayer.
Arnold was ordained a priest in 1861 and became a mathematics and science teacher at a secondary school in Bocholt, Germany. During this period he became deeply involved in lay apostolate movements — particularly the Apostleship of Prayer — and began developing a passion for missionary work at a time when the Catholic Church was deeply concerned about the lack of trained missionaries for Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
The Founding Vision
In the early 1870s, Arnold Janssen became convinced that Germany needed a missionary training seminary — a house where young men could be formed and sent to the unevangelized world. He presented this vision to bishop after bishop in Germany. Every one of them turned him down.
Undeterred, he crossed into the Netherlands and on September 8, 1875 — the Feast of the Birth of Mary — he founded the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in a small rented house in Steyl, Netherlands. He had seven guilders in his pocket. He had no students yet. He had no guaranteed support. He had a magazine — the Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart — that he had been publishing since 1874, and which would become the first publication of what would grow into one of the largest missionary congregations in the history of the Catholic Church.
The Three Congregations
Arnold Janssen went on to found not one but three religious congregations:
The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) — Founded 1875 at Steyl, Netherlands. Today one of the largest Catholic missionary congregations with nearly 6,000 members in more than 70 countries.
The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) — Founded 1889 at Steyl. A congregation of women dedicated to mission work alongside the SVD.
The Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (SSpSAP) — Founded 1896. A contemplative congregation dedicated to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, providing the prayer foundation for the active missionaries.
Three congregations — the active priests and brothers, the active sisters, and the contemplative sisters — expressing his deep conviction that mission required both action and contemplative prayer, both proclamation and adoration.
The Holy Spirit at the Center
Arnold Janssen’s spirituality was distinctively Trinitarian — and within that, uniquely centered on the Holy Spirit. At a time when Catholic spiritual life was largely centered on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Arnold developed a profound and unusual emphasis on the Third Person of the Trinity. He wanted his missionaries to be instruments of the Holy Spirit — people who prayed, discerned, and acted in the power of the Spirit rather than their own initiative.
This emphasis on the Holy Spirit is reflected in the names of two of his three congregations, in the Quarter Hour Prayer, and in the SVD Motto Prayer.
Canonization
Arnold Janssen died on January 15, 1909 in Steyl, Netherlands, at the age of 71. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1975 — the centenary year of the SVD’s founding. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 5, 2003, alongside his confrere St. Joseph Freinademetz, the first SVD missionary to China.
Feast Day: January 15
Arnold Janssen’s Approach to Prayer
The most distinctive feature of Arnold Janssen’s spiritual life was his insistence on the integration of prayer with every dimension of life. He believed that missionary work without prayer was activism. He believed that prayer without missionary action was escapism. And he embodied both — being simultaneously a man of extraordinary contemplative depth and extraordinary apostolic energy.
His Quarter Hour Prayer — designed to be prayed every fifteen minutes throughout the day — was his practical solution to St. Paul’s command to “pray without ceasing.” His private secretary found him routinely at his desk at 3 AM, praying with a lamp and an open atlas. He spent the last years of his life increasingly confined by illness, but his spiritual output only deepened as his physical capacity diminished.
The Quarter Hour Prayer of Saint Arnold Janssen
The Quarter Hour Prayer is the most distinctive and most widely prayed prayer of St. Arnold Janssen’s spiritual legacy. He designed it to be prayed every fifteen minutes throughout the day — a brief renewal of the fundamental acts of faith, hope, and love that he believed should structure the entire Christian day.
The prayer has been prayed by SVD missionaries, SSpS sisters, SSpSAP sisters, and laypeople associated with the Arnoldus Family for 150 years. It is one of the most powerful short prayers in the Catholic tradition.
The Quarter Hour Prayer — Full Version
God, Eternal Truth, We believe in You!
God, our Strength and our Salvation, We hope in You!
God, Infinite Goodness, We love You with our whole heart!
You have sent Your Word as Savior of the world! Let us all be one in Him!
You poured out Your Holy Spirit on the Apostles! Let Your Spirit renew us and all the earth!
Understanding the Quarter Hour Prayer
Each line of the Quarter Hour Prayer carries profound theological weight.
“God, Eternal Truth, We believe in You!” — The act of faith. Not faith in doctrines alone but faith in God Himself — the Truth that is not abstract but personal. Arnold Janssen’s spirituality always moved from the theological to the personal.
“God, our Strength and our Salvation, We hope in You!” — The act of hope. Hope not in human capacity or favorable circumstances but in God as the source of both strength and ultimate salvation.
“God, Infinite Goodness, We love You with our whole heart!” — The act of love. The whole heart — not the remnant after other things have taken their portion but the totality of the person’s love capacity offered to God.
“You have sent Your Word as Savior of the world! Let us all be one in Him!” — The missionary prayer at the heart of the SVD charism. The Word was sent — and the prayer asks that all humanity be gathered into unity through that Word. This is John 17:21 made into daily petition.
“You poured out Your Holy Spirit on the Apostles! Let Your Spirit renew us and all the earth!” — The Pentecostal prayer — the request for the same Spirit poured out on the first missionaries to be poured out again on every missionary generation including our own.
The Short Form of the Quarter Hour Prayer
Many SVD communities use this abbreviated version:
God, Eternal Truth, We believe in You! God, our Strength and our Salvation, We hope in You! God, Infinite Goodness, We love You!
The SVD Motto Prayer
The SVD Motto Prayer is the foundational motto-prayer of the Society of the Divine Word — composed by Arnold Janssen himself and placed at the heart of the SVD’s missionary identity. It draws from the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel and frames the entire missionary enterprise as a battle between light and darkness.
The SVD Motto Prayer — Full Version
May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the Spirit of grace.
And may the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men.
Amen.
The Latin Original
Adveniat Regnum Tuum. Vivat Cor Jesu in cordibus hominum.
(May Your Kingdom come. May the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men.)
Understanding the SVD Motto Prayer
Arnold Janssen saw the Society’s mission through the lens of the Prologue of St. John: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” The missionary enterprise is not merely social service or cultural exchange — it is the advance of divine light into places of spiritual darkness. The prayer asks for exactly this: that sin and unbelief yield before the Word and the Spirit.
The second part — “May the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men” — is an ecumenical prayer of extraordinary scope. Not the hearts of Catholics, not the hearts of Christians, but the hearts of all men. This universal missionary vision was ahead of its time in 1875 and remains the driving prayer of the SVD in 2026.
Saint Arnold Janssen’s Personal Prayers
His Act of Faith, Hope, and Love
This prayer, recorded by those who knew him and prayed with him, reflects the deep personal piety beneath the institutional founder.
O my God, I believe in You, because You are the eternal truth. O my God, I hope in You, because You are infinitely merciful, faithful, and almighty. O my God, I love You with my whole heart and am sorry for having offended You.
Out of love for me You are present in the Blessed Sacrament, therefore, I long for You, O my dearest Jesus. Lord, I want to live and die loving You.
Amen.
His Morning Offering Prayer
O my God, I offer You all my thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings of this day. Unite them with the infinite merits of Jesus Christ, Your Divine Son, who offered Himself for me on the Cross and continues to offer Himself in every Mass.
Give me the grace to persevere in Your love and service, and may everything I do today spread the Kingdom of Your Divine Word.
Amen.
His Prayer Before Work
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love.
Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray: O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of Your faithful, grant that by the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Novena to Saint Arnold Janssen
A nine-day novena to St. Arnold Janssen — prayed for his intercession for missionary work, vocations, the SVD family, and any personal petition.
How to Pray This Novena: Pray once daily for nine consecutive days. Begin with the Quarter Hour Prayer. Then pray the novena prayer below with your specific intention.
O Saint Arnold Janssen, faithful servant of the Triune God and zealous herald of the Divine Word — you answered the call of God with total dedication, crossing borders and founding communities when every human door was closed to your vision.
You were a man of prayer before you were a man of action — and your action was powerful because your prayer was deep. You structured your entire day around the acts of faith, hope, and love. You kept an atlas open at 3 AM because you loved the unevangelized world too much to let it sleep.
I come to you today asking for your powerful intercession for [mention your specific intention].
O Saint Arnold, you know what it is to pursue a vision that others do not yet see. You know what it is to trust God when human support is absent. You know what it is to keep going when the door has been closed, to seek another door, and to find that God had already opened one where you least expected.
Intercede for me in this intention. Bring it before the God who sent you — the Triune God of faith, hope, and love — and ask for His mercy and His provision.
May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the Spirit of grace. And may the Heart of Jesus live in my heart and in the hearts of all those I pray for today.
Saint Arnold Janssen, pray for us.
(Say: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) (Repeat the Quarter Hour Prayer)
Amen.
Day-Specific Novena Intentions:
Day 1 — Pray for the missions: that the light of the Gospel reach every nation that St. Arnold prayed over in his atlas.
Day 2 — Pray for SVD missionaries: that they be sustained in their call, protected in dangerous missions, and fruitful in their proclamation.
Day 3 — Pray for vocations: that God raise up a new generation of priests, brothers, and sisters willing to go to the ends of the earth with the Gospel.
Day 4 — Pray for the SVD family worldwide: all priests, brothers, sisters, alumni, and lay partners.
Day 5 — Pray for students in SVD schools and institutions: that the formation they receive bear fruit in lives of faith and mission.
Day 6 — Pray for your personal intention — bring before St. Arnold whatever you are asking for.
Day 7 — Pray for the Church: that it be renewed by the Holy Spirit and filled with the missionary energy of its founder.
Day 8 — Pray for those who do not yet know Christ: that the prayer of the SVD Motto — that the darkness yield to the light — be fulfilled in their lives.
Day 9 — Pray in thanksgiving: trusting that God has heard this novena and is acting according to His perfect will.
Prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen for Students
St. Arnold Janssen was a mathematics and science teacher before he became a missionary founder. He understood the dignity of learning and the formation of young minds. This prayer is for students — particularly those educated in SVD institutions — as they seek his intercession for their studies and their formation.
Saint Arnold Janssen, you were a teacher before you were a founder — a man who believed that the formation of the mind and the formation of the soul were both part of the mission of God.
I ask for your intercession as a student. Help me to approach my studies with the same dedication and perseverance you brought to every endeavor God placed before you. Give me the intellectual courage to pursue truth — in science, in humanities, in theology — knowing that all truth leads to the God who is Eternal Truth.
Help me to be not just a student who passes examinations but a person who is being formed — in character, in faith, in the capacity for service that will make my education meaningful beyond the classroom.
Saint Arnold, you dedicated your most productive years to education before God revealed your missionary calling. Help me to trust that the education I am receiving now is preparing me for a mission I may not yet fully see.
Saint Arnold Janssen, pray for us. Amen.
Short Student Prayer
Saint Arnold Janssen, who taught before you founded — pray for me in my studies. Help me to learn with faith, work with discipline, and grow into the mission God has prepared for me. Amen.
Prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen for Vocations
Arnold Janssen’s greatest concern was the raising up of missionaries — people willing to give their lives for the Gospel in places they had never been. This prayer asks his intercession for vocations to the religious and missionary life.
O Saint Arnold Janssen, who prayed over an atlas and wept for the nations not yet reached by the Gospel — intercede for the raising up of men and women willing to answer the missionary call in this generation.
The harvest is still plentiful and the laborers are still few. The nations St. Arnold prayed over are still in need — not always of the first proclamation, but of the sustained, incarnate presence of men and women who have given everything to carry the Word to those who need it most.
Lord, through the intercession of St. Arnold Janssen: Raise up missionaries in every generation. Call young people to the SVD, SSpS, and SSpSAP and to every missionary congregation serving the universal Church. Give those discerning a vocation the courage to say yes to what You are asking. And sustain those already in mission with the faith, hope, and love of the Quarter Hour Prayer.
Saint Arnold Janssen, pray for us. Amen.
Prayer for SVD Missionaries and the SVD Family
Most holy and loving God, You called and challenged Saint Arnold Janssen to proclaim Your Gospel to peoples everywhere. To Your Spirit’s prompting, Saint Arnold responded with generous devotion, forming three communities of religious missionaries.
Watch over, bless, and guide the communities of Sisters dedicated to the Holy Spirit and the Brothers and Priests committed to the Divine Word.
Sustain the missionaries in the field — those serving in difficult places, far from home, in situations of danger or isolation. Remind them of the vision of their Founder, who kept an atlas open at 3 AM and prayed for every nation not yet illuminated by the light of the Gospel.
Through the intercession of Saint Arnold Janssen: Protect SVD missionaries wherever they serve. Bless the formation programs that prepare new missionaries. Sustain the leadership of the Society with wisdom and courage. And let the light of the Divine Word continue to advance into the darkness.
May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the Spirit of grace. And may the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men.
Amen.
Prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen for Difficult Times
For those who — like Arnold himself — face rejection, closed doors, and the particular challenge of pursuing a God-given vision that the world has not yet recognized.
Saint Arnold Janssen, you were refused by every bishop in Germany and still you built one of the largest missionary congregations in the history of the Church.
I am facing closed doors today. The vision I believe God has given me seems impossible from where I am standing. The support I hoped for has not come. The doors I knocked on have not opened.
Pray for me, Saint Arnold. Ask God to give me the faith to keep going — past the refusals, past the discouragement, past the moments when the only evidence for the vision is the fact that God has not removed it from my heart.
You crossed from Germany to the Netherlands with seven guilders and a conviction. That conviction became three congregations, thousands of missionaries, and the Gospel carried to nations you could only see on an atlas.
Help me trust that what God has placed in me is worth the difficulty of bringing it to birth.
Saint Arnold Janssen, pray for us. Amen.
Prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen in Tagalog
For the Filipino Catholic community — which has one of the deepest connections to the SVD in the world, through generations of schools, parishes, and missionaries.
Panalangin kay San Arnold Janssen:
O San Arnold Janssen, tagapagtatag ng Lipunan ng Salitang Banal at tapat na lingkod ng Tatlong-Persona ng Diyos — ikaw na lumampas sa mga hangganan at nagtatag ng misyon nang walang suporta ng tao maliban sa pananampalataya sa Diyos — lumapit ako sa iyo ngayon na may pag-asa sa iyong makapangyarihang pamamagitan.
Ikaw na nagtayo ng SVD, SSpS, at SSpSAP — tatlong sambayanan na nakatuon sa misteryo ng Banal na Santatlo — ipanalangin mo kami sa harap ng Diyos na nagpadala sa iyo.
O San Arnold, ikaw ay guro bago ka naging tagapagtatag. Ikaw ay lalaking nag-aral ng agham at matematika na unti-unting natuklasan ang pinakamahalagang katotohanan: na ang mundo ay nangangailangan ng Salita ng Diyos.
Ipanalangin mo ang mga misyonero ng SVD sa buong mundo — lalo na ang mga naglilingkod sa Pilipinas at sa mga lugar na mahirap.
Ipanalangin ang mga estudyante sa mga paaralang SVD — na ang kanilang edukasyon ay maging pundasyon ng buhay ng pananampalataya at misyon.
Ipanalangin ang mga may bokasyon — na may mga lalaki at babaeng susagot sa tawag ng misyon sa aming henerasyon.
Magsimba ang kadiliman ng kasalanan at gabi ng kawalan ng pananampalataya sa liwanag ng Salita at Espiritu ng grasya.
At mabuhay ang Puso ni Hesus sa puso ng lahat ng tao.
San Arnold Janssen, ipanalangin mo kami. Amen.
(Translation: O St. Arnold Janssen, founder of the Society of the Divine Word and faithful servant of the Triune God — you who crossed borders and founded a mission with no human support but faith in God — I come to you today with hope in your powerful intercession. You who founded the SVD, SSpS, and SSpSAP — three communities dedicated to the mystery of the Holy Trinity — pray for us before the God who sent you. O St. Arnold, you were a teacher before you were a founder. Pray for SVD missionaries worldwide — especially those serving in the Philippines and in difficult places. Pray for students in SVD schools. Pray for those with vocations. May the darkness of sin vanish before the light of the Word. And may the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men. St. Arnold Janssen, pray for us. Amen.)
Maikling Panalangin:
San Arnold Janssen, ikaw na nagtatag ng SVD sa gitna ng kahirapan — ipanalangin mo kami. Tulungan mo kaming maging mga saksi ng Salitang Banal sa aming sariling mundo. Amen.
The Complete Prayer Collection of Saint Arnold Janssen
The Missionary Prayer
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who live and reign eternally — have pity on us poor sinners and on those who have not yet had the grace to know You.
O Father, send Your Word into the hearts of men — particularly those still living in the darkness of sin and ignorance. O Son of God, be the light of all nations. O Holy Spirit, convert the hearts of men and lead them to Christ.
Amen.
Prayer for Unity Among Missionaries
Lord Jesus, who prayed that all may be one — let Your prayer be answered in the mission.
Let the missionaries who bear the name of Your Divine Word be truly one — in faith, in purpose, in the love that makes mission possible.
Remove every division that weakens the proclamation. Heal every wound that prevents collaboration. And let the unity of Your missionaries be itself a proclamation of the unity You desire for all humanity.
Amen.
Prayer of Consecration to the Triune God
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I consecrate myself entirely to You.
Father, I offer You all my thoughts, that they may be thoughts of truth and love. Son, I offer You all my words, that they may carry the Word that saves. Holy Spirit, I offer You all my actions, that they may be moved by Your grace rather than my own initiative.
May my life — in its ordinary details and its extraordinary moments — become a mission.
Through the intercession of Saint Arnold Janssen, who lived this consecration so completely that it became three congregations.
Amen.
FAQs About Saint Arnold Janssen Prayer
Who was Saint Arnold Janssen?
St. Arnold Janssen (1837-1909) was a German Catholic priest who founded three missionary congregations: the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in 1875, the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) in 1889, and the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (SSpSAP) in 1896. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 5, 2003. His feast day is January 15.
What is the Quarter Hour Prayer of Saint Arnold Janssen?
The Quarter Hour Prayer is the signature prayer of St. Arnold Janssen, designed to be prayed every 15 minutes as a renewal of the fundamental acts of faith, hope, and love: “God, Eternal Truth, We believe in You! God, our Strength and our Salvation, We hope in You! God, Infinite Goodness, We love You with our whole heart! You have sent Your Word as Savior of the world! Let us all be one in Him! You poured out Your Holy Spirit on the Apostles! Let Your Spirit renew us and all the earth!”
What is the SVD Motto Prayer?
“May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the Spirit of grace. And may the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men. Amen.” This is the foundational motto of the Society of the Divine Word, composed by Arnold Janssen and based on the Prologue of St. John’s Gospel.
When is the feast day of Saint Arnold Janssen?
January 15 — the day he died in 1909. His feast is celebrated annually throughout the SVD family worldwide.
What did Saint Arnold Janssen found?
He founded three religious congregations: the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) — founded September 8, 1875 at Steyl, Netherlands; the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) — founded 1889; and the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (SSpSAP) — founded 1896.
What is a prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen for students?
“Saint Arnold Janssen, who were a teacher before you were a founder — pray for me in my studies. Help me to learn with faith, work with discipline, and grow into the mission God has prepared for me. Amen.”
What is the novena to Saint Arnold Janssen?
A nine-day prayer asking for St. Arnold’s intercession, beginning with the Quarter Hour Prayer and followed by a dedicated prayer for a specific intention. See the full nine-day novena with day-by-day intentions above.
What is a Tagalog prayer to Saint Arnold Janssen?
“San Arnold Janssen, ikaw na nagtatag ng SVD sa gitna ng kahirapan — ipanalangin mo kami. Tulungan mo kaming maging mga saksi ng Salitang Banal sa aming sariling mundo. Amen.” (St. Arnold Janssen, you who founded the SVD in the midst of difficulty — pray for us. Help us to be witnesses of the Divine Word in our own world. Amen.)
What was Saint Arnold Janssen’s spirituality?
His spirituality was distinctively Trinitarian — centered on the Holy Spirit more than was common in his era. He believed that prayer and mission were inseparable, that contemplation without action was escapism and action without prayer was activism. His Quarter Hour Prayer embodied this integration of prayer into every moment of the day.
What does SVD stand for?
SVD stands for Societas Verbi Divini — Society of the Divine Word — the missionary congregation founded by Arnold Janssen in 1875. Members of the Society add “SVD” after their names.
Conclusion
Arnold Janssen was refused by every bishop in Germany and built one of the largest missionary congregations in the history of the Church. He had seven guilders and a vision and produced three religious communities, thousands of missionaries, and the Gospel carried to nations he could only see in an atlas at 3 AM by lamplight. He was not a man of easy circumstances or favorable conditions. He was a man of prayer so deep and conviction so strong that obstacles became doorways and closed doors became redirections to better entrances.
The prayers he left behind — the Quarter Hour Prayer, the SVD Motto Prayer, his personal acts of faith, hope, and love — are not relics. They are living words spoken by a man who knew the God he was praying to with extraordinary intimacy, and who is now in the presence of that God, interceding for everyone who calls on his name. Whether you are an SVD alumnus, a student in a Verbite school, a member of the Arnoldus Family, or simply a Catholic who has discovered this remarkable saint — these saint arnold janssen prayer options were gathered to give you full access to his spiritual legacy. Pray them. Return to them. And trust that the saint who built a mission on faith alone is more than capable of carrying your prayer before the God he served so completely.
May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before the light of the Word and the Spirit of grace. And may the Heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all men. Amen.
