Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 8/2

Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 8/2
This morning’s prayer is very old!  We lift our hearts with the words of Saint Anselm who died in 1109.
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,
yet 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…

St. Anselm (1033-1109)

And here’s a beautiful musical setting for Anselm’s prayer… 

 

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Praying to the Virgin Mary