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Morning Offering — Suscipe

Suscipe

2 min
Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Morning Offering — Suscipe

Upon waking, place the day before the Lord. Pray slowly, pausing on each gift you offer.

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,

my memory, my understanding,

and my entire will,

all I have and call my own.

You have given all to me.

To you, Lord, I return it.

Everything is yours; do with it what you will.

Give me only your love and your grace,

that is enough for me. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

About this prayer

St. Ignatius of Loyola's Suscipe prayed as the daily morning offering — the summit of the Spiritual Exercises set at the threshold of the day.

History

St. Ignatius placed the Suscipe at the close of the Contemplation to Attain Love — the final movement of the Spiritual Exercises. Praying it at the start of the day, before discernment begins, makes of the whole day a single offering: liberty, memory, understanding, and will placed in the Lord's hands.

How to pray it

Upon waking, make the Sign of the Cross. Pray the Suscipe slowly, pausing on each gift you offer — liberty, memory, understanding, will. Let it be a real surrender of the day ahead, not a recitation.

St. Ignatius of Loyola, *Spiritual Exercises* — Contemplation to Attain Love (§234). Standard English and Latin texts (1548 *Vulgata*); Portuguese in Fr. R. Paiva, SJ's translation (São Paulo: Loyola, 7th ed., 2013), as quoted in Sandra Regina de Sousa, *Contemplação para alcançar amor* (FAJE, 2015) — [faculdadejesuita.edu.br](https://faculdadejesuita.edu.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CONTEMPLACAO-PARA-ALCANCAR-AMOR-EXPERIENCIA-DO-DEUS-TRINO-NA-ORACAO-CAMINHO-TRANSFORMADOR-DA-PRAXIS-CRISTA.pdf)