“For joys of service, you we praise,
whose favor crowneth all our days;
For humble tasks that bring delight,
when done, O Lord, as in your sight.
Accept our offerings, Lord most high,
Our work, our purpose sanctify,
And with our gifts may we have place,
Now in the kingdom of your grace.”
St. Venantius (530-609) in At Prayer with the Saints, compiled by Anthony F. Chiffolo (Liguori, MO: Liguori, 1998) 180.