“Lord, give me grace to desire only what is pleasing to you; to speak only what is true; to hold my peace when silence is wiser than speech; and to praise you with a clean heart and humble voice.”
— Walter Hilton (c. 1340–1396)
Source: Walter Hilton, The Scale of Perfection, trans. John P. H. Clark and Rosemary Dorward (New York: Paulist Press, 1991), 89.
Reflection: Where in my daily conversations might God be inviting me to practice the humility, restraint, or truthfulness that Hilton prays for?