Jan 27, 2024
O wise doctor of the Church
who ate the bread of angels
in your long hours
of prayer and study and writing
and shared with us
the knowledge you gained
of the sublime truth of God,
shedding the light of reason
upon the faith we hold so dear –
teach us this day
to know God
that we might better love and serve Him,
that we might not be blind
to His presence in our midst,
to the holiness to which He calls us.
Pray we shall enter into
His Cross, His love, His obedience;
pray we, too, might have knowledge,
true knowledge of His grace
and the everlasting life
which is ours in Him…
and pray the Lord send us holy teachers
to fill your shoes.