The Severe Mercy in “For Those Who Minister”

An ancient prayer from Leonine Sacramentary for mercy, love, holiness.

Prayer is not an escape hatch from the world. In the older Christian writers, it is usually the opposite: a way of standing still long enough for God to tell the truth about the world and about us.

Christian memory is not a scrapbook. It is a school. This is one of the lessons.