A Prayer for Courage in Silence and Stillness

Heavenly Father ...

Through the life of St. Anthony the Great,

You reveal the beauty of

Complete surrender.

He heard Your call,

Left everything behind, and

Sought You alone

In the silence of the desert.

Though tempted and

Tested by the enemy,

His heart remained fixed on You.

Grant us, O Lord,

Even a measure of his courage,

To release our attachments

To embrace simplicity, and

To trust in Your provision.

May his example kindle deep within us

A deeper hunger for prayer and

Stillness and

Solitude with You.

St. Anthony, father of monks and

Brother of all contemplatives,

Intercede for us,

That we too may find ...

God in the wilderness

Both in our own hearts and through the

Silent, still spaces we cultivate.

Amen.

An icon of St. Anthony the Great, the founder of all Christian monasticism, who is commemorated on January 17.

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