This self-dedication embraced not only their missionary work but the whole inner life of their souls. Their minds were God’s, their hearts were his, and their wills were his in all their daily life. They allowed him to fill them completely and in them he built his Kingdom from Jerusalem to the uttermost parts of the earth.

And God calls us to the same relationship with him: to offer our whole selves – our minds and hearts and wills – to him in our daily prayers and in the Eucharist until, by our own choice, we resolutely belong to him all and every day.

May we respond to God’s call and give ourselves completely to him to use as he wills. May we draw other people to the fire of God’s love. May we work with God that his Kingdom may come and his will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

Common Worship Post Communion Prayer for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

“Eternal God, giver of love and power,
your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world
to preach the gospel of his kingdom:
confirm us in this mission,
and help us to live the good news we proclaim;
through Jesus Christ our Lord”. (1)

Reference

1. © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England (2004) Collects and Post Communions for Sundays, Principal Holy Days and Festivals. Available from:
http://www.churchofengland.org/media/41132/mvcollects374-523.pdf (Accessed 26 May 2014) (Internet).