The “Offering of Self” Prayer from St. Ignatius of Loyola
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Every soul who wants to see God one day, face to face, must surrender all desires and live to do His divine will in this life. Every Christian should make daily prayers to the Eternal Father asking for the grace to do His holy will in his life. The divine will of God for you is the most perfect and the best life you could possibly have. This is because God loves you with perfect love and everything that happens to you is by either His permissive will or his divine will.
When you do not choose to follow Him and obey His will for your life He will allow what is called His permissive will. Maybe you remember a time when your parent gave you advice on how to best do something and you chose not to listen. Perhaps there was a bad consequence and it made you suffer. In the same way God allows us to make choices that go against His holy will for our lives. Sometimes these choices are irreversible choices. This is why it is very important for Christians to pray for the grace to know and to obey the divine will of God.
Pray these prayers to help you discern the will of God and also for the grace to obey it. Often when we are given signs to show us the Lord’s will we are also tempted to turn away from it and do something else. Sometimes we can’t understand why we ought to make a particular choice and this can often force us to do something contrary to common sense, even. But when we trust in God and put our faith in Him, always this choice eventually becomes clearer.
Pray this short prayer to make an offering of Self from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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