Lord Jesus! Teach me that I may teach them: Sanctify and enable all my powers; that in their full strength they may deliver your message reverently, readily, faithfully, and fruitfully. Oh, make your word a swift word, passing from the ear to the heart, from the heart to the life and conversation: that as the rain returns not empty, so neither my your word, but accomplish that for which it is given. Oh Lord, hear, Oh Lord, forgive! Oh Lord, listen, and do so for your blessed Son’s sake, in whose sweet and pleasing words, we say, Our Father…

If you want to know what the heart of a pastor looks like, a pastor who is humble and cares passionately about his people, read carefully these last three excerpts from Fr. Herbert.