Enough for Me
St. Ignatius’s Suscipe prayer calls for a complete reliance on God when push comes to shove, when things are ordinary—a reminder that in the end, we’re co-creators but we rely on help when we’re weak, that we’re not superheroes capable of all things—but sometimes, like angels, we are capable of amazing things. The mystery is in the balance of vulnerability with agency—the two must go hand in hand for us to remain human. Take my memory, understanding, my entire will is an offering to the one who made us, a perplexing list of directives that seem to run counter to human culture that recently has ramped up its self-reliance factor to the nth degree, and then we find ourselves surprised when we cannot go forward, when we feel alone and defeated. Strength so ironically comes from weakness, or our perception of weakness. isn’t that a good thing? I don’t know about you, but I often these days find myself feeling helpless, vulnerable, at a loss. I live for the things in my life that have bee...