Prayers of the Saints
Let Me Know Myself, Let Me Know You (St. Augustine)
A prayer drawn from Augustine's Soliloquies, written shortly after his conversion while waiting for baptism.
O God, always the same,
let me know myself, let me know you.
That is my prayer.
Let me flee from myself to you,
and let me not be my own,
but wholly yours.
Give me light to see you,
strength to seek you,
grace to find you,
and faithfulness at last to hold you.
Soliloquies, Book II
About the prayer
Its double request — self-knowledge and knowledge of God — became a standing formula in monastic and Ignatian examination of conscience.
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