So working together (with God)
we indeed appeal to you,
not in vain
to receive
the grace of God.
For he says:
‘At an acceptable time,
I listened to you
and in the day of salvation
I helped you.’
Look, now is the acceptable time,
Look, now is the day of salvation.
Eternal Light, shine into our hearts,
Eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil,
Eternal Power, be our support,
Eternal Wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance,
Eternal Pity, have mercy upon us;
that with all our heart and mind
and soul and strength we may seek thy face
and be brought by thine infinite mercy
to thy holy presence;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Alcuin (735-804)