Some Inspiration

Creator of all things,

Source of all light and wisdom,

Origin of all being,

Graciously let a ray of your light penetrate

The darkness of my understanding.

Take from me the double darkness

Into which I have been  born,

An obscurity of sin and ignorance. 

Give me a keen understanding,

A retentive memory, and

  

The ability to grasp things                                        

Correctly and fundamentally.

Grant me the talent

Of being exact in my explanations

And the ability to express myself

With thoroughness and charm.

Point out the beginning,

Direct the progress,

And help in the completion.

I ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

-St. Thomas Aquinas