DAILY CONTEMPLATION

July 23, 2026 ~ Epep 16, 1742

Do not pray for the fulfillment of your wishes, for they may not accord with the will of God.
But pray as you have been taught, saying: “Your will be done in me” (cf. Lk 22:42).
Always entreat Him in this way – that His will be done.
For He desires what is good and profitable for you, whereas you do not always ask for this.
Often when I have prayed I have asked for what I thought was good,
and persisted in my petition, foolishly importuning the will of God,
and not leaving it to Him to arrange things as He knows is best for me.
But when I have obtained what I asked for,
I have been very sorry that I did not ask for the will of God to be done;
because the thing turned out not to be as I had thought.
Evagrios the Solitary