A Sojourner's Quest

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Prayer for Instruction, Anselm

O Lord my God, Teach my heart this day where and how to see you, Where and how to find you. You have made me and remade me,

And you have bestowed on me All the good things I possess, And still I do not know you.

I have not yet done that For which I was made. Teach me to seek you, For I cannot seek you Unless you teach me, Or find you

Unless you show yourself to me. Let me seek you in my desire, Let me desire you in my seeking. Let me find you by loving you, Let me love you when I find you.

Prayer for Wisdom, Thomas Aquinas

Almighty God, who in thy great love and condescension admitted sinful beings, such as we are, into thy fellowship: grant us, we pray, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, understanding to know thee, and a faithfulness that may finally rest in thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for Surrender, Teresa of Avila

Govern all by the wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may be serving Thee as Thou dost will, and not as I may choose. Do not punish me, I beseech Thee, by granting that which I wish or ask, if it offend thy love, which would always live in me. Let me die to myself, that I may serve thee, who in thyself art the true life. Amen.