a prayer

During the Fourth Week  of the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius I wrote this prayer.

God, set  my heart ablaze  with your word.

Open my heart to your love, to your creation , to your creativity.

I pray that I my bring your love and creativity to manifest within the world.

God of my desire, my beloved, grace my life with  the courage to live your love into the world.

This was about a year  or so ago, it still resonates. I still say this prayer. Prayer is  a repeated beautiful  practice which brings one closer , ever closer to God. It is not simply about about asking  it is more about , maybe , gratitude and offering of oneself back to God whom is in turn reach out toward us.