You who are hidden and concealed within me,
reveal within me
your hidden mystery;
manifest to me
your beauty that is within me,
O you who have built me
as a temple for you to dwell in,
cause the cloud of your glory
to overshadow inside your temple,
so that the ministers of your sanctuary
may cry out, in love for you,
‘holy’
as an utterance which burns in fire and spirit,
in a sharp stirring which is commingled with wonder
and astonishment,
activated as a living movement
by the power of your being.
Prayer of John the Elder (John of Dalyatha)
The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life,
Introduced and Translated by Sebastian Brock (Kalamazoo, Cistercian Publications, 1987) 362.
reveal within meyour hidden mystery;
manifest to me
your beauty that is within me,
O you who have built me
as a temple for you to dwell in,
cause the cloud of your glory
to overshadow inside your temple,
so that the ministers of your sanctuary
may cry out, in love for you,
‘holy’
as an utterance which burns in fire and spirit,
in a sharp stirring which is commingled with wonder
and astonishment,
activated as a living movement
by the power of your being.
Prayer of John the Elder (John of Dalyatha)
The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life,
Introduced and Translated by Sebastian Brock (Kalamazoo, Cistercian Publications, 1987) 362.
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