Almighty God, enter our hearts and so fill us with your love, that, forsaking all evil desires, we may embrace you, our only good. Show us, in your mercy, O Lord and God, what you are to us. Say to our souls; I am your salvation. Speak that we may hear. Our hearts are before you; open our ears; let us seek your voice and cling to you. Do not hide your face from us, we pray, O Lord. Enlarge the narrowness of our souls, that you may enter in. Repair the decayed mansions, that you may dwell there. Hear us, O heavenly Father, for the sake of your only Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
--Saint Augustine (354-430)