Prayer of One Word

Pierce the Cloud

The Cloud of Unknowing · 14th century

The anonymous English master taught that God is reached by loving, not thinking. Choose one little word, fasten it to your heart, and send it like a sharp dart of longing love up through the cloud of unknowing.

How long?

Sound

Screen-off mode — let the screen rest. The sound keeps playing and a soft tone calls you back at the end.

The Cloud of Unknowing, chs. 6–7 (anonymous, 14th c.; trans. Evelyn Underhill).