Purity of Heart: is to will only one thing

May Thou give to the intellect, wisdom to comprehend that one thingl to the heart, sincerity to receive this understanding; to the will, purity that wills only one thing; amid distractions, collectedness to will one thing; in suffering, patience to will one thing. Oh, Thou that giveth both the beginning and the completion, may Thou early, at the dawn of the day, give to the young man the resolution, that the first may be like the last, the last like the first, in possession of a life that has willed only one thing. Alas, but this has indeed not come to pass. Something has come in between. The separation of sin lies in between. Each day, and day after day something is being placed in between: delay, blockage, interruption, delusion, corruption. So in this time of repentance may Thou give the courage once again to will one thing......Thou that givest both the beginning and the completion, give Thou victory in the day of need so that what neither a man's burning wish nor his determined resolution may attain to, maybe granted unto him in the sorrowing of repentance: to will only one thing.

Purity of Heart--is to will one thing, Kierkegaard