may God grant me the grace of genuine surrender that i may walk...

may God grant me the grace of genuine surrender that i may walk the world with ignatian indifference.

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"God actually uses prayer to change you. so when you pray ‘thy will be done,’ you are transformed. but, if you stopped there, you would be leaving out half the story. prayer is both about asking and surrendering. think of the concepts ‘ask and you shall receive’ and ‘thy will be done’ as bookends to prayer. most people either focus on ‘ask’ with little thought of surrendering to his will, or they resign themselves with ‘thy will be done’ and seldom ask at all.

in a remarkable paradox, God doesn’t want either extreme–always asking or always submitting. what He wants is a dynamic mixture of the two. today ask God for anything. and remember ‘not to lose heart’.”

~ the jesuit prayer team (at the aerie)

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