A Prayer for Contemplation

“The Transfiguration.” Tempera on wood, Theophanes the Greek c. 1408

You, O Lord, graciously bestow your love upon us. By your love we may love you; by loving you we may know you; by knowing you we may ascend into your ineffable light. Grant that we might be beacons of your splendor, stalwarts of your wisdom, and warm places of your care, that we may guide the weary to your rest. Amen.