St. Ignatius of Loyola 1491-1556 was a Spanish priest who founded the Order of Jesus [Jesuits]. He is the patron saint of spiritual retreats. He left some pretty cool prayers. Here is one called surrender:
Take O Lord and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. All that I am, and all that I possess, you have given me. I surrender it all to you to be disposed of according to your will. Give me only your love and grace. With these, i will be rich enough and will desire nothing more.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
4 comments:
Okay, I get it. The common thread. Dying to self, living to Christ. Our highest calling is to hold nothing of ourselves from Him and to be fully used by Him.
I've really enjoyed this mini-series on your favorite prayers. For whatever reason, when I read this last one these lines just jumped out at me. "Give me only your love and grace. With these, I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more." Thank you for sharing them. Your blog is insightful, inspirationl and educational....funny at times too.
I've really enjoyed this mini-series on your favorite prayers. For whatever reason, when I read this last one these lines just jumped out at me. "Give me only your love and grace. With these, I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more." Thank you for sharing them. Your blog is insightful, inspirationl and educational....funny at times too.
I have recently taken an interest in St.John of the Cross. I up untill recently never even heard of him...I'm sure you are familiar with his life his work and his spiritual gifts. I've yet to buy his most popular book but intend to. I came across the prayer of St. Frances several years ago....how many problems both of the world and personal we make for ourselves would disapeer if we would heed those words of inspired brilliance? Your long time friend.
Peace
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