I got this prayer from Deacon John at our church. I have
started to say the prayer each morning, as I think it is a great way to start
the day. Sort of gets your head on straight before you
face the world each morning. Enjoy.
The
First Principle and Foundation
The goal of our life is to live with God forever.
God who loves us, gave us life.
Our own response of Love allows God’s life to flow into us
without limit.
All the things in this world are gifts of God, presented to
us so that
We can know God more easily and make a return of Love more
readily.
As a result, we appreciate and use all these gifts of God
insofar as they help us develop as Loving persons.
But if any of these gifts become the center of our lives,
they displace God and so hinder our growth toward our goal.
In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance
before all of
these created gifts insofar as we have a choice
and are not bound by some obligation.
We should not fix our desires on health or sickness, wealth
or poverty,
success or failure, a long life or short one.
For everything has the potential of calling forth in us
a deeper response to our life in God.
Our only desire and our one choice should be this:
I want and I choose what better leads to the deepening of
God’s Life in me.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
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