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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"In Your truth guide me:" avoiding error. "And teach me:" for by myself I know nothing, but falsehood. "For You are the God of my salvation; and for You have I waited all the day" [Psalm 25:5]. For dismissed by You from Paradise, and having taken my journey into a far country, [Luke 15:13] I cannot by myself return, unless Thou meetest the wanderer: for my return has throughout the whole tract of this world's time waited for Your mercy.
Thomas Aquinas
Now two things pertain to the contemplative life. First, that one make good use of known things for investigating other things, and that one learn what is unknown. As to the first he says, "Direct me in your truth," that is, for the sake of truth: as if to say, let your truth direct me: Ps. 42: "Send forth your light and your truth." "And teach me," as to the second he says, not only through Scripture and creatures, but also interiorly: Jn. …
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