"Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven", that is, in our need, decide as you see fit for our temporal and eternal life. "Thy kingdom come", that is, let all that is in us and in the world be in accord with your kingdom. So do not act this way, but pray as I taught you in the our Father:"Hallowed be thy Name", that is, be glorified in my need. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to. You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt your ideas. In pain you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want. How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and material need, turns to me, looks at me and says to me "You take care of it", then closes it’s eyes and rests. Through you and with you I always want to belong completely to Jesus. O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything! (10 times) Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn away from thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in my care, so that only I act, saying "You take care of it". It is like the confusion that children feel when they ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of those needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way. It is against this surrender, deeply against it, to worry, to be nervous and to desire to think about the consequences of anything. Surrender to me does not mean to fret, to be upset, or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to me a worried prayer asking me to follow you and change your worry into prayer. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. □ Pray the Surrender Novena with the Pray app
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