Saints LightPrayer Before Study
A prayer for students of every age before study, class or an exam, asking the Holy Spirit for the gifts of wisdom and understanding; written for this app. Pray it each time you open your books or sit down to learn.
The prayer
Come, Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and understanding, and enlighten my mind as I begin to study.
Help me to pay attention, to understand what I read, and to remember what I learn. Keep me from distraction and from the pride that thinks it knows enough. Give me patience with what is difficult and the honesty to admit what I do not yet understand.
Let all my learning lead me closer to the truth, and the truth closer to you. St Thomas Aquinas, patron of students, pray for me. Amen.
Pray it this week
Pray this before each study session this week, and put your phone in another room while you work.
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Keep this prayer with you
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