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Take, Lord, and Receive

Also known as Suscipe, Prayer of St Ignatius, Take Lord receive all my liberty

The prayer at the end of the Spiritual Exercises. Four sentences that offer back everything a person has, including the parts they would rather keep.

Traditional English

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding and my entire will,
all that I have and possess.

Thou hast given all to me;
to thee, O Lord, I return it.
All is thine; dispose of it wholly according to thy will.
Give me thy love and thy grace,
for this is enough for me.
Amen.

Latin

Súscipe, Dómine, univérsam meam libertátem.
Áccipe memóriam, intelléctum atque voluntátem omnem.
Quidquid hábeo vel possídeo mihi largítus es;
id tibi totum restítuo, ac tuæ prorsus voluntáti trado gubernándum.
Amórem tui solum cum grátia tua mihi dones,
et dives sum satis, nec áliud quidquam ultra posco.

Source

St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, §234

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