Now then, little man, for a short time fly from your business; hide yourself for a moment from your turbulent thoughts. Break off now your troublesome cares, and think less of your laborious occupations. Make a little time for God, and rest for a while in Him. Enter into the chamber of your mind, shut out everything but God and whatever helps you to seek Him, and, when you have shut the door, seek Him. Speak now, O my whole heart, speak now to God: “I seek Thy face; Thy face, Lord, do I desire.”
— Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), Theologe, Erzbischof
Related Bible passage: PSA.27.8
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Peace & Rest, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Occasions: Morning & Evening, For Reflection
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm von Canterbury (1033–1109) war ein aus Italien stammender Benediktinermönch, katholischer Theologe und Erzbischof von Canterbury, der als Mitbegründer der Frühscholastik gilt. Er prägte das Programm eines Glaubens, der nach rationaler Einsicht strebt („fides quaerens intellectum“), und formulierte den ontologischen Gottesbeweis sowie die Lehre von der stellvertretenden Genugtuung Christi. Für Bibelleser bleibt sein Werk ein klassischer Bezugspunkt für das theologische Verständnis der Versöhnung, auch wenn seine an mittelalterlichen Rechts- und Ehrbegriffen orientierte Argumentation bis heute kontrovers diskutiert wird.
All quotes by Anselm of Canterbury (14)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson