Prayer by a Bishop Anselm for the Members of His Church, adapted as a Prayer of a Mother for Her Children.

Jesus, good Shepherd, they are not mine but Yours,
for I am not mine but Yours.
I am Yours, Lord, and they are Yours,
because by Your wisdom You have created
both them and me,
and by Your death You have redeemed us.

So we are Yours, good Lord, we are Yours,
whom You have made with such wisd…