O Father of Silence

O holy Isaac, lover of the desert,

you who entered the deep silence of God,

pray for me.

I long for that silence,

the silence that burns away the passions

and leaves only the heart before the Lord.

Ask God to bless this desire,

to purify it,

to make it His work and not my own.

Intercede that He shape my heart

to walk the narrow path of stillness,

to love prayer more than words,

to rest in Him alone.

O Father of silence,

carry me into the mercy of God

where nothing remains

but His Light and my surrender.

Amen.