Traditional Catholic prayer
St. Ignatius’s Offering to the Eternal King
This offering comes from the Call of the Temporal King in St. Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises. It expresses a deliberate desire to imitate Christ, subject to His service and the life He calls the person to lead.
Source: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1914), St. Ignatius of Loyola; translated by Elder Mullan, S.J., pages 57-58.
Eternal Lord of all things, I make my oblation with Thy favor and help, in presence of Thy infinite Goodness and in presence of Thy glorious Mother and of all the Saints of the heavenly Court; that I want and desire, and it is my deliberate determination, if only it be Thy greater service and praise, to imitate Thee in bearing all injuries and all abuse and all poverty of spirit, and actual poverty, too, if Thy most Holy Majesty wants to choose and receive me to such life and state.
About this prayer
Prayer source
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1914), St. Ignatius of Loyola; translated by Elder Mullan, S.J., pages 57-58.
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- This offering comes from the Call of the Temporal King in St. Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises. It expresses a deliberate desire to imitate Christ, subject to His service and the life He calls the person to lead.
- Prayer intention
- Generous service, imitation of Christ, and discernment.
- When to pray
- During an Ignatian retreat or thoughtful reflection on a vocation. Consider the commitments expressed in the prayer.
- Connection with a saint
St. Ignatius of Loyola: From the saint’s writings. This offering is contained in St. Ignatius’s own Spiritual Exercises, translated from the autograph by Elder Mullan in 1914. Read the source.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1914), St. Ignatius of Loyola; translated by Elder Mullan, S.J., pages 57-58. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
St. Ignatius’s Offering to the Eternal King
Source: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1914), St. Ignatius of Loyola; translated by Elder Mullan, S.J., pages 57-58.
Eternal Lord of all things, I make my oblation with Thy favor and help, in presence of Thy infinite Goodness and in presence of Thy glorious Mother and of all the Saints of the heavenly Court; that I want and desire, and it is my deliberate determination, if only it be Thy greater service and praise, to imitate Thee in bearing all injuries and all abuse and all poverty of spirit, and actual poverty, too, if Thy most Holy Majesty wants to choose and receive me to such life and state.