GRANT THAT WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN VISIBLE MYSTERIES WE MAY OBTAIN IN ITS VISIBLE EFFECT. (brushpoint, b.l.-b.c.); Colin McCahon / September 1968 NO. / 2. (brushpoint, b.r.)
The title and inscription are from the Post-Communion Prayer for Ascenscion Thursday, from the New Sunday Missal (Catholic Book Publishing Co, New York, 1961).