@akormarius: Iam distinctively aware, standing at the threshold of my ordination, that I bring very little to this altar of my own. I bring a willing heart; though even the willingness has been given. I bring years of formation; though the teachers, formators, the wisdom and the sustaining strength to persevere have been grace upon grace. I bring a desire to serve; though on the days when this desire has run thin, it has been your mercy replenishing it, not my own reserves of virtue. Not I, but the grace of God which is with me.