God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one. But we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things.

For in prayer there occurs a turning of the heart to the one who is always ready to give if we will but take what is given…

from On the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount

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Gender-less version:

God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because God is always ready to give us God’s light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one. But we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things.

For in prayer there occurs a turning of the heart to the one who is always ready to give if we will but take what is given…

from On the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount