 Let the brotherly mind love in me, what you teach us is to be loved, and grieve for what in me you teach us is worthy of grief, whether it approves or disapproves, it loves me still. To such people I will reveal myself. Let them breathe easy when they hear of the good in me. Let them sigh when they hear of the bad. Then Lord, may you have mercy upon me, according to your great mercy, for your name's shake, and do not abandon what you have begun, but bring to its consummation all that in me is unfinished. Such marvelous humility, such confident faith, such a gracious invitation to all of us who are reading his words so many centuries later, to allow them to bear good fruit within us, not just of thanksgiving and prayer, but also of repentance and conversion of heart.