“Shine in our hearts, O Master who loves humankind, the pure light of Your divine knowledge, and open the eyes of our mind to understand Your gospel teachings.”
— Symeon the New Theologian (949 – 1022), Prayer for Illumination.
Source: Symeon the New Theologian, Prayer for Illumination, in Symeon the New Theologian: The Discourses, trans. C. J. deCatanzaro (New York: Paulist Press, 1980), 35.
Reflection: How might divine illumination reshape the way I listen, speak, and interpret the words of others?