O Lord, make haste

Cassian relates that the monks of Egypt frequently used these words of the prophet: "Deus, in adjutorium meum intende. Domine ad adjuvandum me festina." "Incline unto my aid, O Lord. O Lord, make haste to help me."

The anchorites of eminent virtue, being assembled to deliberate which was the best of all the practices of piety, decided upon this: to pronounce these words often and with much humility, together with a great desire to be heard.