July The Nineteenth

O MOST glorious God! relieve my spirit with Thy graciousness; take from me all tediousness of spirit, and give me a hope that shall not fail, a desire of holiness not to be satisfied till it possesses a charity that will always increase; that I may turn all things into religion, doing all to Thy glory; that, when Thou shalt call me from this deliciousness of employment, I may pass into the employments of saints and angels; whose work it is, with ternal joy and thanksgiving, to sing praises unto Thy mercies - Amen.

-- JEREMY TALOR (1513-1667)
Head of an Angel, by Leonardo Da Vinci, photograph taken in 1901.