Ko te inoi ki te Atua Matua kia whakahoutia i te marama o Akuhata i whakatapua ki a ia. Inoi ki te aroha noa

E te Matua Tapu, e te Atua Kaha Rawa, e te Atua atawhai, e koropiko ana i mua i a koe, ka koropiko katoa ahau ki a koe. Ko wai hoki ahau na te mea e maia ana koe ki toku reo? E te Atua, e taku Atua ... he paku ahau - engari ko au mea hanga, he mea tino tika mo oku hara maha. Heoi e mohio ana ahau e aroha tonu ana koe ki ahau. Ah, he tika; he mea hanga ahau nau, he mea hanga moku; e parau mau hoi na oe i tuu i to oe Tamaiti Mo'a ia Iesu, i te poheraa o te satauro no'u; a he pono ano hoki i a ia i homai ai e koe te Wairua Tapu ki ahau, kia tangi ai ia i roto i ahau, me nga mea kaore e taea te korero, ka homai hoki e au te pai o te whakaurutanga mai e koe i tau tama, me te pono o chia-marti: E te Matua! na inaianei kei te whakareri koe, he mea tino nui, he nui hoki, toku hari i te rangi. Otira he tika ano na te mangai o tau Tama a Ihu, nana hoki koe i whakaahuru, na te mea kua tonoa mai e koe i runga i tona ingoa, na koutou hoki i homai. Na, e taku Tama, mo to pai nui me to aroha, i runga i te Ingoa o Ihu, i te Ingoa o Ihu ... Ka patai atu ahau ki a koe mo te wairua pai katoa, te wairua o tau Tama anake, kia puta ai ahau ka noho tö tama, me te tuku tohu whakahirahira atu ki a koe: e taku Matua! ... katahi au ka tono atu ki a koe kia paingia motuhake (kei konei ra koe e tono ana). Whakahokia mai ki ahau, e te Matua pai, i roto i te tini o a au tamariki aroha; tukua mai kia aroha nui ahau ki a koe, kia mahi koe mo te whakatapu o tou Ingoa, katahi ka haere mai ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe, ka whakawhetai ki a koe ake ake i te rangi.