“O Lord, grant me good thoughts. O Lord, grant me the thought of confessing my sins. O Lord, grant me humility, chastity and obedience. O Lord, grant me patience, courage and meekness. O Lord, plant in me the root of all blessings, the fear of You in my heart. O Lord, grant me to love You with all my mind and soul, and always to do Your will.”
–John Chrysostom (347 – 407 AD)
St. John Chrysostom, Supplicatory Prayers Corresponding to 24 Hours of the Day, in Prayers of the Early Church, ed. J. Manning Potts (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1953), p. 91.