Prayer for the Vision of God by St. Anselm of Canterbury

O Lord my God, teach my heart where and how to seek Thee, where and how to find Thee. Lord, if Thou art not here, where shall I seek Thee, being absent? But if Thou art everywhere, why do I not see Thee present? Truly Thou dwellest in light inaccessible. Teach me to seek Thee, and reveal Thyself to me when I seek Thee; for I cannot seek Thee except Thou teach me, nor find Thee except Thou reveal Thyself. Let me seek Thee in longing, let me long for Thee in seeking; let me find Thee in love, and love Thee in finding. Lord, I acknowledge and I thank Thee that Thou hast created me in this Thine image, in order that I may be mindful of Thee, may conceive of Thee, and love Thee; but that image has been so consumed and wasted away by vices, and obscured by the smoke of wrong-doing, that it cannot achieve that for which it was made, except Thou renew it and create it anew. I do not endeavor, O Lord, to penetrate Thy sublimity, for in no wise do I compare my understanding with that; but I long to understand in some degree Thy truth, which my heart believes and loves. For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. Amen.