Prayer to Christ the Teacher
By St. Clement of Alexandria
Be gracious, Oh Instructor, to us Thy children
Father, Charioteer of Israel, Son and Father,
Both in One, O Lord. Grant to us who obey Thy precents,
That we may perfect the likeness of the image,
And with all our power know Him who is the good God and not a harsh judge.
And do Thou Thyself cause that all of us who have our conversation in Thy peace,
Who have been translated into Thy commonwealth,
Having sailed tranquilly over the billows of sin,
May be wafted in calm by Thy Holy Spirit,
By the ineffable wisdom, by night and day to the perfect day;
And giving thanks and praise, and praising thank the Alone Father and Son,
Son and Father, The Son, Instructor and Teacher, with the Holy Spirit,
All in One, in whom is all, for whom all is One, for whom is eternity,
Whose members we all are, whose glory the aeons are; for the All-good,
All-lovely, All-just One. To whom be glory both now and for ever. Amen.