Prayer of the Cloud of Unknowing

God, unto whom all hearts be open, and unto whom all will speaks, and unto whom no privy thing is hid: I beseech you so to cleanse the intent of my heart with the unspeakable gift of your grace, that I may perfectly love you and worthily praise you. Lift up your heart unto God with a meek stirring of love, and mean himself and none of his goods. Smite upon that thick cloud of unknowing with a sharp dart of longing love, and go not thence for anything that befalls. Amen.