Ante Studium: Prayer before Study

At this time of year, we usually post this prayer to help those of you who are preparing for exams.

Ante Studium.

Creator of all things,

True source of light and wisdom, Origin of all beings,

Graciously let a ray of your light

Penetrate into the darkness of my understanding.

Take from me the double darkness

In which I have been born,

An obscurity of sin and ignorance.

Give me a keen understanding,

A retentive memory,

And the ability to grasp things

Correctly and fundamentally.

Grant me the talent

Of being exact in my explanations

And the ability to express myself

With thoroughness and charm.

Point out the beginning,

Direct the progress,

And help the completion.

I ask this through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.