I Can't. You Must.

May 12, 2017

One of my students, Sister Jerilyn, shared this prayer with our class last night. The prayer is attributed to Oscar Romero.

I looked this prayer up online, and one commentator astutely noted that this prayer was Romero's personal way of praying Jesus' prayer of surrender in the Garden of Gethsemane: "Not what I want but what you want" (Mt. 26:39). — I looked this prayer up online, and one commentator astutely noted that this prayer was Romero's personal way of praying Jesus' prayer of surrender in the Garden of Gethsemane: *"Not what I want but what you want" (Mt. 26:39).*

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