O God, may you ever find
me as attentive to you as you show yourself to me. Then I shall attain to that
perfection to which you raise a soul that is weighed down. May I breathe my
last breath in the protection of your close embrace. May my soul find itself
without delay there where you are, whom no place can circumscribe, indivisible,
living, and exulting in the full flowering of eternity.
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
"May I breathe my last breath in the protection of your close embrace." Such a beautiful thought but I must say that I want to breathe every breath in the protection of God's close embrace. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of Gertrude's finest thoughts.
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