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I'm not religious .....

This week I met a delightful man who said he wasn't religious. For most of his life he dug graves or tended to graveyards. That was his job. Now that he's retired he looks after his local churchyard. It's immaculate! He does it so that it will look nice for those paying their respects.  He's not religious but he does pray. He told me he prays this prayer throughout each day. He knows it by heart and keeps a copy in the drawer where he keeps his wallet and phone. He prays throughout the day and every time he opens the drawer to get his phone or wallet, he sees the prayer, he says the prayer.  Dearest Lord,  teach me to be generous; teach me to serve You as You deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to ask for reward save that of knowing I am doing Your Will. The prayer is generally attributed to Ignatius, Whether he wrote it or not, we don't know.