The Suscipe prayer of Saint Ignatius of Loyola is a regular part of my spiritual regimen --and it has been so for many years-- because it reminds me of the total abandonment to God's will that I want to live. I offer the prayer here in English and Latin for your convenience. It is a perfect part of morning prayer.
Receive, O Lord, all my liberty. Take my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatsoever I have or possess Thou hast bestowed upon me; I give it all back to Thee and surrender it wholly to be governed by Thy Will. Give me love for Thee alone along with Thy grace, and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more.
Suscipe, Domine,
universam meam libertatem. Accipe memoriam, intellectum, atque voluntatem
omnem. Quidquid habeo vel possideo mihi largitus es; id tibi totum restituo, ac
tuae prorsus voluntati trado gubernandum. Amorem tui solum cum gratia tua mihi
dones, et dives sum satis, hec aliud quidquam ultra posco.
(Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises)
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