Prayers of St. Gregory Nazianzen

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Prayer of Praise to St Gregory of Nazianzus

O God,You alone are unutterable,from the time you created all things that can be spoken of.

You alone are unknowable,from the time you created all things that can be known.

All things cry out about you,those which speak,and those which cannot speak.

All things honour you;those which think,and those which cannot think.
For there is one longing, one groaning,that all things have for you.

All things pray to you that perceive your plan and offer you a silent hymn.

In you, the One, all things abide,and all things endlessly run to you who are the end of all. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen

A Prayer of St. Gregory Nazianzen

O All-Transcendent God (and what other name could describe you?),
what words can hymn Your praises? No word does You justice.
What mind can probe Your secret? No mind can encompass You.

You are alone beyond the power of speech, yet all that we speak stems from You. You are alone beyond the power of thought, yet all that we can conceive springs from You.

All things proclaim You, those endowed with reason and those bereft of it. All the expectation and pain of the world coalesces in You. All things utter a prayer to You, a silent hymn composed by You. You sustain everything that exists, and all things move together to Your orders.

You are the goal of all that exists. You are one and You are all, yet You are none of the things that exist, neither a part nor the whole. You can avail Yourself of any name; how shall I call You, the only unnameable? All-transcendent God!