A prayer of St. Ignatius:
Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me: I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.
I find myself reflecting on this, my birthday, on this prayer and on the many blessings I have received. I find myself thinking about what I should be feeling instead of resentment that I am not spending this day as I might choose to.
The gratitude toward and trust in God, this not-fully-realized determination to turn everything I have over to him, is a gift, too, and one that I would do well to receive more fully.
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