Desiring A Teacher

Doce me facere voluntatem tuam, quia tu es Deus meus. Nolebat prorsus errare qui tanti magistri cupiebat esse discipulus. Dicit enim: Doce me, tanquam ignarum tanquam imperitum, tanquam nihil de sua virtute praesumentem. Quem sensum Apostolus ponit cum dicit: Si quis existimat se scire aliquid, necdum cognovi quemadmdum eu operteat scire. Addidit, quia tu es Deus meus. Fide petitio, competens ratio, a clemente Domino ideo postulare benficium, eo quod ipse sit Dominus supplicantis. Cassiodorus, Expositio In Psalterium, Psalmus CXLII Source: Migne PL 70.1013b

Teach me to do your will, because you are my God. 1 He wished not to err who desired to be the pupil of such a great teacher. For he says, 'Teach me,' as one who is ignorant and inexperienced and who presumes nothing of his own ability. Which sense the Apostle takes note of when he says, 'If someone judges himself to be something, he does not yet know as it is needful to know.' 2 Then here he adds, 'Because you are my God,' A faithful petition, a reasonable enquiry, asking for something of benefit from the mercy of the Lord, because he is the Lord of those who supplicate Him. Cassiodorus, Commentary On The Psalms, from Psalm 142 1 Ps 142.11 2 1 Cor 8.2