King of kings, you ask of us, as your Empire, where the Holy Spirit blows and stirs, to become an eternal Empire, yet eternal in the eternity of Your Holy Spirit, who creates and transforms according to Himself within it, who blows and breathes according to Himself within it. King of kings, may we become a true Spirit in Your Holy Spirit, in the Spirit of Your blowing love, in the blowing love that is Your Holy Spirit.
Transform us in our entire sensuality, transform us with Your holy fire into the fire of love, which You Yourself are. May we, by the breath of the Holy Spirit, become royal messengers of Your divine love, amidst the ruins, amidst destruction, amidst night, amidst demise!
(Erich Przywara SJ /1889–1972/, Prayers of this Age, 17; during the time of World War II)
