'A Prayer for Students' from the Syrian Orthodox Tradition

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'A Prayer for Students'

A Syrian Orthodox Prayer

[Source: Mor Ignatius Ephrem Barsoum, trans., Fr. Joseph Tarzi, 'The Spiritual Treasure of Canonical Prayer' (The Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Western United States, 1998), 35]

14/11/09

O Lord, Fountain of Truth,
And Source of Wisdom;
Illuminate the darkness of my mind,
With some of your Light Rays;
And keep away from me the dense gloom,
Of ignorance and sin;

Give me an adequate portion of knowledge and discipline;
Grant me quickness of understanding,
Sharpness of mind,
And eloquence of tongue.

O Lord of Knowledge and of the learned,
Who grants the wise their understanding;
To You be thanksgiving, forever. Amen.

Glory be to Christ our Saviour, and may the prayers of all the Saints of Prayer be with us all. Amen.

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