O loving Christ, draw me, a weakling, after Yourself; for if You do not draw me, I cannot follow You. Give me a brave spirit that I may be ready and alert. If the flesh is weak, may Your grace go before me, come alongside me and follow me; for without You I cannot do anything, and especially, for Your sake, I cannot go to a cruel death. Grant me a ready spirit, a fearless heart, a right faith, a firm hope, and a perfect love, that for Your sake I may lay down my life with patience and joy.

- John Huss, as he lay in chains in prison before being burned at the stake in Bohemia (Czechoslavakia) in 1415

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