Give me a candle of the Spirit, O God,

as I go down into the deep of my own being.

Show me the hidden things.

Take me down to the spring of my life,

and tell me my nature and my name.

Give me the freedom to grow so that I

may become my true self,

the fulfillment of the seed which You planted

in me at my making.

Out of the deep I cry unto thee, O God. -Amen

George Appleton