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.
Prayers lift up our hearts to God and open them to receive His grace. For thousands of years, throughout the history of the Church and all of Biblical history, man always falls into slavery and sin when he turns from God and he finds redemption and deliverance from sin through prayer. Faith comes from knowing God and we come to know Him through prayer. By spending time with Jesus in prayer we contemplate His love and salvation message. This transforms our hearts over time.
The adoration chapel is where Jesus resides, with us, all days, in the consecrated Host, given to us by His priests, in what we call the Blessed Sacrament. He is with us always. This is His Real Presence in the world, and when the wounded, lost, suffering, and sinful people come to this place and kneel before Him, He makes his presence known to them. He is the King of Kings of the heavenly hosts, and He gives a grace within the walls of the adoration chapel that cannot be felt anywhere else in the world except when we partake of holy Communion.
Adoration is about uniting with Christ in His suffering. Your suffering, your loneliness, your hunger, your wounds – they are most efficacious when they are united with Christ’s suffering. Offer them up for the love of Jesus Christ. Ask Him to change your heart and make it like His own Sacred Heart.

“Breathe into me Holy Spirit” is a prayer by St. Augustine of Hippo.

“Change My Greedy Heart to One of Pure Contentment” – join us for our 34th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“End Corruption with True Worship of God” – join us for our 33rd meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Direct Me from Aimlessness to Quiet Stability” – join us for our 32nd meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Virtue of Reverence will Combat the Spirit of Scurrility” – join us for our 31st meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Control My Need to Argue with Virtue of Harmony” – join us for our 30th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Desiring God over Sinful Pleasures of the World” – join us for our 29th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Defeat Stubborn Obstinacy with Sorrow of the Heart” – join us for our 28th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Letting Go of all Worry and Cares of this World” – join us for our 27th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

“Let Me be Steadfast and Stable in all My Ways” – join us for our 26th meditation on the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard of Bingen.