Reparation Thoughts
….By His Wounds we are healed
Volume XXIV, Number 12
Dear Donnès of Reparation, Family and Friends,
Suscipe by St. Ignatius Loyola
Take my heart, oh Lord, take my hopes and dreams. Take my mind and all its plans and schemes. Give me nothing more than Your love and grace. These alone, Oh God, are enough for me. Take my thoughts, oh, Lord, and my memory. Take my tears, my joys, my liberty. Give me nothing more than Your love and grace. These alone, Oh God, are enough for me. I surrender, Lord, all I have and hold. I return to You Your gift untold. Give me nothing more than Your love and grace. These alone, oh God, are enough for me. When the darkness falls on my final days, take the very breath that sang Your praise. Give me nothing more than Your love and grace. These alone, oh God, are enough for me.
Over these past two weeks we’ve had many requests for prayers. One left speechless from a stroke. One who died in an automobile accident with no preparation. Another who had basic surgery in which metastatic cancer was discovered. Another who endured biopsies for cancer and found it to be a serious accurate diagnosis. Another whose change of behavior resulted in the diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer’s. So many changes make a major difference in life. We just never know what tomorrow holds for us.
Thus, the reason The Church prepares us so beautifully that we are ready for everything. We are taught to pray in the morning when we rise. This includes the Our Father--God to Whom we offer every aspect of our life: our breathing, our sight, our thoughts, our words, our deeds, our actions, so that everything we do becomes a prayer. We also have prayers that call upon angels and saints to help us in that process and direct us towards the right choices. At the end of the day, The Church calls us to say an act of contrition and beg God to forgive our sins. At the close of the day, we put ourselves into the Presence of God for the night and trust in His Almighty care.
So, as we offer this Suscipe of St. Ignatius, we ponder: What do I need to do within my own life and relationship with God to allow Him to take my will, my thoughts, my every action! Am I ready to give everything to Him? What am I holding onto that is preventing God from giving me all the gifts He wishes for me to receive? You see, He never takes anything of ours, even though we offer it to Him, without giving us something greater, something stronger, something more powerful, something more healing in return! Am I allowing Him to give me those gifts? Am I truly striving to abide by His holy will in my life?
Mother Mary of the Angels, SR
Late November 2025
Sisters of Reparation of the Sacred Wounds of Jesus 2120 SE 24th Ave, Portland, OR 97214-5504 www.ReparationSisters.org 503-236-4207 repsrs@comcast.net
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