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to our Lord during the Holy Mass.
Prayer of Saint Augustine of Hippo (Restless Hearts)
Jan 16, 2014
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"Great art thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised;
great is thy power, and infinite is thy wisdom."
And man desires to praise thee, for he is a part
of thy creation; he bears his mortality about with him and carries the evidence
of his sin and the proof that thou dost resist the proud.
Still he desires to praise thee, this man who is
only a small part of thy creation. Thou hast prompted him, that he should delight
to praise thee, for thou hast made us for thyself and restless is our heart until
it comes to rest in thee.
Grant me, O Lord, to know and understand whether first
to invoke thee or to praise thee; whether first to know thee or call upon thee.
But who can invoke thee, knowing thee not? For he who
knows thee not may invoke thee as another than thou art. It may be that we should invoke
thee in order that we may come to know thee.
But "how shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? Or how shall they believe without a preacher?"
Now, "they shall praise the Lord who seek him," for
"those who seek shall find him," and, finding him, shall praise him.
I will seek thee, O Lord, and call upon thee. I call
upon thee, O Lord, in my faith which thou hast given me, which thou hast inspired in
me through the humanity of thy Son, and through the ministry of thy preacher.
(P) Amen.
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