SURRENDER. – Dying with Jesus to Live with the Father
“In the days of his flesh, Jesus Christ, having offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence. Even though he was a Son, he showed obedience through what he suffered. Having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.” (Hebrews 5:7-9)
“Consider him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not lose heart.” (Hebrews 12:3-4)
Dear friend, these texts tell us that Christ, through suffering much, learned obedience. It was very difficult for him to accept the plans proposed by the Father, in favor of you, me, and all of humanity. Every life is a school in the evolutionary growth toward the city of solid foundations, whose architect and builder is God. In this prayer today, I propose the surrender and acceptance of the most difficult and negative aspects of your life. All your past pain and adversity, and everything you may be going through at this moment, leave it as a painful but loving offering in the hands of God, and in return, you will receive peace, as the highest benefit that comes from God for your life.
Now, slowly say the following prayer:
Child, If you seriously decide to venture on the road to God, prepare your soul for the trials that will occur. Sit patiently before his doorstep, calmly accepting the silence, absence and delays to which He will submit you, for gold is refined in the hearth.
Since you lived among us, Lord Jesus, clothed with patience as a distinctive sign, Patience is the queen of virtues and the most precious jewel in your crown. Give me the grace to peacefully accept the intrinsic gratuitousness of God, the bewildering road of grace, and the unpredictable emergencies of nature.
- I peacefully accept the slow and staggering pace of prayer, and the road to holiness is so long and difficult
(Remain in silence one minute and reply to God: “In love I accept everything, let your will be done. Into your hands I commend myself In silence and peace”)
- I peacefully accept life’s displeasures and the lack of understanding from others, sickness and death itself, and the law of human insignificance. That is to say: that, after my death, all will continue as before, as if nothing has happened.
(Remain in silence one minute and reply to God “In love I accept everything, let your will be done. Into your hands I commend myself In silence and peace”)
- I peacefully accept the fact of wanting so much and being capable of so little, and that with great efforts I will obtain only minimal results. I peacefully accept the law of sin. That is I do what I do not want to do, and do I do not do what I would like to do. In peace, I leave in your hands what I should have been and was not, and what I should have done and did not .
(Remain in silence one minute and reply to God “In love I accept everything, let your will be done. Into your hands I commend myself In silence and peace”)
- I peacefully accept all the human incapabilities which surround me and restrict me. I peacefully accept the law of insecurity and transience, the law of mediocrity and of failure, the law of loneliness and of death.
(Remain in silence one minute and reply to God: “In love I accept everything, let your will be done. Into your hands I commend myself In silence and peace”)
- I peacefully accept all I am suffering at these moments and that you know
(Remain in silence one minute and reply to God: “In love I accept everything, let your will be done. Into your hands I commend myself In silence and peace”)
In exchange for this surrender, Lord, give me Peace.
(Prayer E-34 “Patience”)
Song SB 22 – Father I Adore You
Father, I adore You. Lay my life before you. How I love you.
Jesus Christ, I adore You. Lay my life before you. How I love you.
Spirit, I adore You. Lay my life before you. How I love you.
Trinity, I adore You. Lay my life before you. How I love you