I read these words from Thomas Aquinas while praying compline using Phyllis Tickle’s "The Divine Hours". May these same words be our hearts’ cry …

Grant me, O Lord my God,
a mind to know you,
a heart to seek you,
wisdom to find you,
conduct pleasing to you,
faithful perserverence in waiting for you,
and a hope of finally embracing you.

Amen!