What does it take to truly receive To feel in your soul what you say you believe To open yourself to a love so pure To the power of true love's cure You say: "Take this, all of you, and eat" Enter in this house Lord, make me complete I can be so full of myself sometime Lord, take hold of this heart of mine In order to give, I have to receive I find and peace and my fears are relieved To receive I have to be vulnerable, exposed I have to be open wide rather than closed Open to hurt and scars and pain But, by your grace, my faith remains Help me follow you and do your will Help me receive love so I can give love Help me know love so I can show love Help me die for love so I can live love Help me live in a way that pleases you To live the Gospel of life and truth Help me, Lord, to be humble and broken To be receptive to love so softly spoken By your grace Lord, I would ask you to allow Your humble servant here and now To be an instrument for love and in word A channel of peace for all that have heard Take Lord and Receive All that is within me Use it all as you see fit Take it all, the smallest bit All I ask is your love and grace A chance to glimpse your face I need nothing, no other stuff Only this and it will be enough
Based on and inspired by the Suscipe prayer from St. Ignatius Loyola. Suscipe is Latin for receive.