Prayer: O Lord, you who are the fountain of all wisdom and learning, illumine my understanding, which of itself is blind, so that it may grasp the teaching that will be given to me; please strengthen my memory to be able to remember well, dispose my heart to receive what is taught willingly and with due eagerness, so that the opportunity you present to me may not be lost because of my ingratitude.
To do this, please pour out your Holy Spirit on me, the Spirit of all intelligence, truth, judgment, prudence, and teaching.
Grant that I may direct my study to the true purpose, which is to know you in our Lord Jesus Christ, to have full confidence of salvation and life in your grace alone, and to serve you rightly and purely, according to your pleasure.
Hear me, merciful Father, by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
John Calvin: Writings on Pastoral Piety, 212-13
Scripture Meditation: 2 Tim. 2:15; 3:16-17; Jn. 14:25-26
