From time to time, you may have noticed on this blog some beautiful prayers written by the esteemed theologian and professor Jean Galot, S.J. of the Gregorian University. Fr. Galot passed away on April 18 at the age of eighty-nine, and one can only congratulate him now at drawing nearer, ever nearer, to the Sacred Heart of our Lord.
Take me, O Heart of Christ!
Take me, O Heart of Christ, in all that I am,
take me in all that I have and that I do,
in all that I think and all that I love!
Take me in my spirit, that it may cling to Thee;
take me in my willing, that it will but Thee;
take the depth of my heart, that it love only Thee!
Take me, O Heart of Christ, in my secret desires
so that you be my dream and only goal,
my one affection and my complete happiness!
Take me for the work of Thy great mission,
for a complete gift toward my neighbor’s salvation,
and for every sacrifice in service of your people!
Take me, O Heart of Christ, without limits, without end;
take even what I’ve failed to offer Thee;
and never give back to me what you have taken in hand!
Take for eternity all that is in me,
that one day I may, O Heart, possess Thee,
in the embrace of Heaven take Thee and keep Thee!
–by Jean Galot, S.J.
I’ve set up a little web site dedicated to translations of his prayers.
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Thank you for this information. I was a student of Fr. Galot back in 1977-78 when he taught me Christology. He was quite challenging I recall. I will never forget his presence, his material, and his impact in my theological education.
Many thanks for the information about Fr. Galot, sj. I was a student of his in 1978 at the Gregorian and admired him greatly even before I came to Rome. His course on “la sofferenza di Dio” revealed him not so much for his admirable scholarship but above all for his profound spirituality. Indeed he was a man of prayer. Fr. Galot, pray for us!