Saint Augustine of Hippo
(354-430 AD)
summed up our need for God's help in the following
prayer he wrote:
God our Father,
we find it difficult to come to you,
because our knowledge of you is imperfect.
In our ignorance we have imagined you to be our
enemy;
we have wrongly thought that you take pleasure in
punishing our sins;
and we have foolishly conceived you to be a tyrant
over human life.
But since Jesus came among us,
he has shown that you are loving,
and that our resentment against you was
groundless.
God does not wish leave us in spiritual darkness
in our ignorance and unbelief.
He is always ready to give us his
light,
wisdom,
and truth
to all who seek him and who hunger for his word.
Through the gift of the Holy Spirit he helps us to
grow each and every day
in faith,
knowledge,
and understanding of his life-giving word.
Do you want to know more of God and his
transforming love?
Look to Jesus,
the Light of God,
and in his truth you will find joy, freedom,
and wholeness of mind,
body and soul.
"Lord Jesus, in your word I find
life,
truth,
and freedom.
May I never doubt your word nor forget your
commandments.
Increase my love for your word of truth that I may
embrace it fully in my life."