"Shut Out Everything But God"

Little man, come and turn aside for a while from your daily work, escape for a moment from your turbulent thinking. Put aside your weighty cares, let your burdensome distractions wait, free yourself a while for God and rest for a time in Him. Enter the recesses of your soul, shut out everything but God and what can help you seek Him. Then, when you have closed the door, seek Him. Now, my whole heart, say to God, “I seek your face, Lord it is your face that I seek.”
-Anselm

I Believe So I May Understand

“Lord, I am not trying to reach your height
For my poor mind could not even approach it.
But I do want to understand a little of Your truth
Which my heart already believes and loves.
I do not seek to understand so that I may believe
But I believe so that I may understand
And further, I believe that unless I believe I shall never understand.”
-Anselm