This prayer by Pope Benedict XVI asks God for the grace of wisdom during the Advent season, that we may be open to God's truth.
It is not easy to know the truth, whether it is the truth behind the "fake news" we find every day or the more profound truth of Jesus Christ. The good news is that it is possible to know the truth, but according to Pope Benedict XVI, we must become "little."
He explains in a homily during Advent in 2009 how being "little" is the key to wisdom.
Pope Benedict points out such saints as St. Therese of Lisieux as examples of those who were "little" and arrived at the truth.
Here is the prayer he concluded his homily with, asking God for the grace to be "little" and find true wisdom.
