Jez reflects on Abba's Child by Brennan Manning. The blessing he quotes at the end is:

May all of your expectations be frustrated,
May all of your plans be thwarted,
May all of your desires be withered into nothingness,
That you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and can sing and dance in the love of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

- given to Brennan Manning by his spiritual director, Larry Hine, on the occasion of Manning's ordination.