I accepted Thee, O Son of God, to accompany me on my journey, and when I hungered Thou didst satisfy me, O Savior of the world. May fire flee from my members; may the fragrance of Thy flesh and blood drive it away. May baptism be for me an unsinkable ship. May I behold Thee, O our Lord, in that place in the day of resurrection. - St. Ephrem the Syrian, *A Spiritual Psalter* #145
[Cf. to Larger Catechism IV:82 "for the ship of Baptism never breaks, because it is God's ordinance and not our work."]
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