Daily Prayers
The Daily Examen of St. Ignatius
A structured evening review drawn from the Spiritual Exercises of St.
Lord, I come into your presence and ask for your light.
I give you thanks for the gifts of this day —
for the moments of grace I noticed and the ones I did not.
Show me the day as you saw it.
Walk me back through its hours:
where was I drawn toward you,
and where did I turn away?
For every failure of love, I ask your forgiveness.
For every grace received, I give you thanks.
Now, with your help, I look toward tomorrow.
Give me what I need to meet it,
and let me begin again in your mercy. Amen.
Adapted from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
About the prayer
Ignatius of Loyola (1548). Ignatius considered it the one practice a Jesuit should never omit, even if every other prayer had to be dropped. Its five movements — gratitude, light, review, sorrow, hope — make it a prayer for people who cannot concentrate but can remember.
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