When the signs of age begin to mark my, body (and still more
when they touch my mind); when the ill that is to diminish me
or carry me off strikes from without or, is born within me; when
the painful moment comes in which I suddenly awaken to the
fact that I am ill or growing old; and above all at that last moment
when I feel I am losing hold of myself and am absolutely passive
within the hands of the great unknown forces that have formed
me; in all those dark moments, 0 God, grant that I may understand
that it is you (provided only my faith is strong enough) who
are painfully parting the fibers of my being in order to penetrate
to the very marrow of my substance and bear me away within
youself. Amen
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
yourself. Amen.
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