I read often from a little book entitled Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence, by Father Jean Baptiste Saint Jure, S.J., and Saint Claude de la Colombiere, S.J. I can see why it was the one well-worn book in my late wife Sharon's purse when she died. My reading inspired this prayer out of me.
My Lord God,
As Thou Art, I am.
I am here only as Thou Art there.
And, Father, Son and Spirit, as I grow to know Thee more and yet more, I have found in Thy graces that to know Thee is to love Thee. Even so, I am but Thy poorest disciple,
O, Thou, Who lovest me from before Thy first thought of me made Thee smile.
I must act as Thou hast acted, in goodness and love. I must serve as Thou servest, in sacrifice and suffering. And, as Thou died to Thyself at Thy Father’s will, I surrender my life to my Father’s will as all accomplishment for what is left of my earthly time.
I cling to always as Thou Art always mine, and there for me that I am always Thine.
I am Thy nothing as Thou Art my All.
Makest of the nothing of me Thy glorious masterpiece, and in that is my eternal joy.
In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
