Prayer of Saint Ignatius
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An Active and a Passive Stand
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Latin Text
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English Text
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Exegesis
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Suscipe Domine
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Take O Lord
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Please have an active hand here, Lord.
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Et accipe
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And accept
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Yes, but one step further, Lord, take a
passive stance to what You find.
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Universam meam libertatem
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All that I am
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Accept my assets, my personality, my memory,
my understanding, my imagination, my will
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Quidquid habeo vel possideo
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All that I possess
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Accept my handicaps, my
failures and my sins, my knowledge, my skills, my money and my things
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Mihi largitus es
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You have given to me
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By Your Love and Your freedom and the free will
You have given to me
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Id tibi totum restituo
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I surrender it all to you
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I also take an active and a passive stand
to You
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Ac tuae prorsus voluntati trado gubernandum
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To be disposed of according to Your will
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You, who are running the whole show. You, who know
best.
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Ad hoc punctum, nunc, ex tempore, in creationem tuam aeternam.
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Right now, this moment in your Eternal creation.
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Then You are G-od by fiat, for us to see; and we are yours.
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Addendum
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Amorem tui solum cum gratia tua mihi dones
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Give me only Your love and Your grace
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You, Your love, Your Christ, Your grace is the
only thing that lasts when all else is gone
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Et dives sum satis
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With these I will be rich enough
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I choose to be poor for your reality. I am happy.
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Nec aliud quidquam ultra posco
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And will desire nothing more
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I choose to be nothing before You. I am satisfied.
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Saints Prayers
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