We give you thanks, O God, for the holy sacraments of your church by which You visit us and redeem us and make us better than we really are.  May this time of prayer remind us of our own baptisms, and of our sacred relationship with You, initiated and maintained by Your love.  Secure and strengthen us in the sure and certain knowledge we are always Your beloved children, marked with the seal of Your Holy Spirit.  For this and all Your many blessings, we are grateful, O God.    Amen.