St John Chrysostom which means “golden-mouthed,” Bishop of Constantinople, 407

                                                        Psalm 62:1a 

For 

God 

alone 

my 

soul 

in silence waits. 

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom at Morning Prayer 

         Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common suppli-cation to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them:*Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions  as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come 

life everlasting. Amen                                                     *This is one of the  important l if unheralded changes in the 1979 BCP… In preceding Books of Common Prayer.. as in common supplication… …the phrase was incorrectly translated as “you will grant their requests”  which was actually a conflation of 2 separate passages… The promise is not that God will do what we request but that he will be there come what may which is actually a bigger promise….