What is the prayer of a heart grown calm
in the peace of God?
From such a purity one no longer prays
as we are wont to pray.
From such a purity one is free from asking
any further gift of God, and is free
also from asking that anything
be taken away.

A heart in calm detachment asks
for nothing, nor has anything
it would wish to shed.
Its prayer is finally only for uniformity
with God. This is its entire prayer.

Adapted and translated by Scott Cairns
Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327)

Artwork: In Prayer by Gary R. Haines