Prayer

An eleventh-century monk, Anselm of Canterbury, wrote a book called Proslogion. It contained this prayer:

“Lord my God, teach my heart
where and how to seek you,
where and how to find you….
You are my God and you are my Lord,
and I have never seen 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.”