A prayer from Cardinal Newman:
Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance everywhere I go;
Flood my soul with your spirit and life;
Penetrate and possess my whole being so completely
That all my life may be only a radiance of yours;
Shine through me and be so in me
That everyone with whom I come into contact
May feel your presence within me.
Let them look up and see no longer me—but only Jesus.
Amen.
Tom Booth uses Mother Theresa’s adaptation of this prayer in this song. There is nothing wrong with the text and the melody is prayerful, but very much a solo vehicle.
His text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download.
Tom Booth is heard here coping with the dilemma of prayer as performance: