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O Lord, our fathers spoke in Thy name: Open thy heart to Me as much as the thickness of a needle, and I will open it for thee as wide as a portal. (Shir haShirim Rabbah 5:2.2) | |
Lord, help us to prepare our minds that we may learn how to pray to Thee. Petition and praise spoken without the warmth of the heart are cold and uncaring, words offered as a vain sacrifice. | |
We pray that we may learn that Thou art there, nay, Thou art here, just at our soul’s reaching, if only we call on Thee in earnest. Doubting is born of our own lack of faith in ourselves, the belief that we are so little that nothing can respond to us. | |
In the midst of our humility; yet we must know that we are Thy children, and so possess a treasure worthy of Thee: our soul. | |
O Lord, teach us to know that as we reach towards Thee, so dost Thou bend towards us; that no prayer truly uttered really goes unanswered, even though we may not always comprehend the answer. May we grow in that inner wisdom which will enable us to turn our whole selves in urgent call. Then will the words of Thy prophet be fulfilled in us: “And it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” (Isaiah 65:24) |
“Petition for Prayer” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 27, from where this prayer was transcribed.
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