United with Jesus and with the power of his Holy Spirit,
we can surrender our will to him and
decide to choose what his Son has always chosen:
to do what is pleasing to the Father.
CCC 2825
we can surrender our will to him and
decide to choose what his Son has always chosen:
to do what is pleasing to the Father.
CCC 2825
1. Suscipe Prayer - (St. Ignatius of Loyola Spiritual Exercises)
Take, O Lord, and receive our entire liberty, our memory, our understanding and our whole will. All that we are and all that we possess You have given us: We surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give us only Your love and Your grace; with these we will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.
2. Brother Klaus (St. Nicholas of Flue)
My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you.
My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me closer to you.
My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you.
3. Favorite prayer of Mother Teresa (St. John Henry Newman)
Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly,
That our life may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us,
That every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our souls.
Let them look up and see no longer us but only Jesus!
Stay with us, and then we shall begin to shine as You shine;
So to shine as to be a light to others.
The light O Jesus will be all from You, none of it will be ours.
It will be You, shining on others through us.
Let us thus praise You without preaching, not by words but by our example,
By the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,
The evident fullness of the love our heart bears from You.
4. St. Augustine
Breathe in us, O Holy Spirit, that our thoughts may all be holy
Act in us, O Holy Spirit, that our work too may be holy
Draw our hearts, O Holy Spirit, that we love but what is holy
Strengthen us, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy
Guide us then, O Holy Spirit, that we always may be holy
5. Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade - (from his Prayer for the Blessed State of Self-Abandonment)
Oh my God, please grant me the favor of living always in the union of my will with thy heavenly will. We achieve much by surrendering ever more to thy will, and we are relieved of all worry since we place everything in thy care and are concerned only to trust wholly in thee. By habitual inclination of my heart may I constantly repeat: “Thy will be done.” Like Mary, I say “yes” to whatever may please thee, and seek only thy perfect love and thy glory as You complete my sanctification.
6. Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, make us holy.
Body of Christ, be our salvation.
Blood of Christ, let us drink your wine.
Water flowing from the side of Christ, wash us clean.
Passion of Christ, strengthen us.
Kind Jesus, hear our prayer,
Hide us within your wounds,
And keep us close to you.
Defend us from the evil enemy,
And call us at the hour of our death
To the fellowship of your saints
That we might sing your praise with them for all eternity.
7. St. John Vianney
All that we do without offering it to God is wasted. We love you, O God, and our only desire is to love you until the last breath of our lives. We love you, O infinitely lovable God, and would rather die loving you than live without loving you. We love you Lord and the only grace we ask is to love you eternally. My God, if our tongues cannot say in every moment that we love you, we want our hearts to repeat it to you with every beat.
8. Joseph Cardinal Mercier - The secret of sanctity and happiness:
Every day...control your imagination and close your eyes to the things of sense and your ears to all the noises of the world, in order to enter into yourself. Then in the sanctity of your Baptized soul, which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, speak to that Divine Spirit, saying to Him:
Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You.
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me.
Tell me what I should do . . . give me Your orders.
I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me,
and to accept all that You permit to happen to me.
Let me only know Thy will.
If you do this, your life will flow along happily, serenely and full of consolation, even in the midst of trials. Grace will be proportioned to the trial, giving you the strength to carry it and you will arrive at the gates of Paradise, laden with merit.
9. Saint John Eudes
O my Savior – extend the power of your eternal arm to separate me from myself and unite me to you. Pluck out my miserable heart and replace it with your own, enabling me to praise you and love you, my Lord, with my whole heart—with the great heart of Jesus, which is my own heart. O all-lovable and all-loving heart of my Savior, be the heart of my heart, the soul of my soul, the spirit of my spirit, the life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts, words, and actions.
10. Constant Prayer of St. John of Capistrano
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give glory!
11. St. Teresa of Calcutta
May we allow Jesus to use us without consulting us,
by taking what He gives, and giving what He takes.”
12. St. Joan of Arc - when asked whether she was in the state of grace:
Lord - if I’m in the state of grace, please keep me there; if I’m not, please put me there.
13. Prayer of St Thérèse of Lisieux
O my God! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to Its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love. I ask thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all Eternity. Amen.
14. Ignite the Fire of Your Love (St Alphonsus De Liguori)
Our crucified Love, our dear Jesus! We believe in You, and confess You to be the true Son of God and our Savior. We adore You from the abyss of our own nothingness, and we thank You for the death You suffered for us, that we might obtain the life of divine grace.
If we have not loved You in times past, we love You now; and we desire nothing but to love You with all our heart. But without Your help we can do nothing. Since You command us to love You, give us also the strength to fulfill this, Your sweet and loving request. You have promised to grant all that we ask of You: You shall ask whatever you will and it shall be done unto you.
Trusting, then, in this promise our dear Jesus, we ask first of all pardon of all our sins; and we repent, above all things, because we have offended You, O Infinite Goodness! We ask for holy perseverance in Your grace till our death. But, above all, we ask for the gift of Your Holy Love.
Ah, our Jesus, our Hope, our Love, our All, inflame us with that love which You came on earth to enkindle! "Ignite the fire of your love." For this end, make us always live in conformity with Your Holy Will. Enlighten us, that we may understand more and more how worthy You are of our love, and that we may know the immense love You have borne us, especially in giving Your life for us.
Grant, then, that we may love You with all our heart, and may love You always, and never cease to seek the grace to love You in this life; that, living always and dying in Your love, we may come one day to love You with all our strength in heaven, never to leave off loving You for all eternity. Amen.
15. Transubstantiate Me (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
Here is my body. Take it. Here is my blood. Take it. Here is my soul, my will, my energy, my strength, my property, my wealth—all that I have. It is yours. Take it! Consecrate it! Offer it with yourself to the heavenly Father…Consecrate these trials of my life, which would go unrewarded unless united with You. Transubstantiate me so that like bread which is now your Body and wine which is now your Blood, I too may be wholly yours…My station in life, my routine duties, my work, my family—all these are but the species of my life which may remain unchanged; but the substance of my life, my soul, my mind, my will, my heart—transubstantiate them, transform them wholly into your service, so that through me all may know how sweet is the love of Christ. Amen.
16. St. Francis de Sales
I vow and consecrate to God all that is in me:
My memory and my actions to God the Father;
My understanding and my words to God the Son;
My will and my thoughts to God the Holy Spirit.
17. Fr. John Tauler
May God grant us the grace to support His work within our souls.
May we die to all that we should die to,
live for all that we should live for,
and do everything that His grace demands.
18. Here I am Lord (Original)
Here I am Lord –
I open the door of my heart to You.
I want to be who You want me to be.
I want to do what You want me to do.
Like Jesus, Joseph, Mary and all the Saints,
I give you my Fiat—I say "Yes" to You!
19. May We Live By Faith (Original from Gal 2:20, Eph 4:13, Col 2:6)
Lord, may we live by faith, and reach unity with others in the faith, being strengthened in the faith as we were taught and overflowing with thankfulness.
20. Prayer to Know and Serve God (Original)
May all those who don't know You come to know You, and may we all fully surrender to You, that we might be emptied, cleansed, filled, guided, strengthened, protected by your Holy Spirit that we might serve You.
21. Expanded Prayer of Jabez
Father - Bless myself, my family, and your Church indeed, and expand our territory for your kingdom. May your hand be with us, guiding us, uplifting us, strengthening us, unifying us, and filling us with the joyful fire of Your merciful love. Keep us from any evil, that we might not cause any harm, any pain or any suffering. Also protect us from any evil. I pray this in Jesus name—that it will be in Your will and only for Your glory.
22. Trusting in His Merciful Heart (St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart)
I give myself completely to you, my only Love, so that you alone can work in me according to your plan. For I desire nothing other than what you wish…The arms with which I shall do battle are prayer, the presence of God, silence; yet I am aware of how little I am able to use these weapons. Nevertheless I shall arm myself with complete confidence in you, patience, humility, and conformity with your divine will…You, my God, have declared yourself my captain; you have raised the standard of the cross, saying, take up the cross and follow in my footsteps. To correspond with this invitation, I promise to resist your love no longer; rather, I will follow you to Calvary without hesitation.
My God, I desire nothing except to become your perfect image, and since yours was a hidden life of humiliation, love, and sacrifice, so also I wish mine to be. I desire to enclose my self henceforth within your most loving heart as in a desert, so that I may live in you, and with you, and for you this hidden life of love and sacrifice O my Lord, you know my great desire to become a victim of your Sacred Heart, wholly consumed by the fire of your holy love. May your heart be the altar upon which my holocaust shall be made, and you be the priest who will consume this victim by the flames of your burning love…
I am confident that all will be accomplished by the fire of divine love. My God, how well you know my great need of your help. I trust in your infinite mercy and shall always do so regardless of the spiritual state in which I might find myself. Always and everywhere I shall endeavor to recognize your will in all things, even though my eyes see only contradiction and uncertainty.
I know I cannot depend upon myself, so I shall trust completely in you. Nothing shall separate me from the love of Christ, for in you, O Lord, I have hoped; I shall never be confounded. In all things I shall be content knowing that the route I travel leads to Calvary. I desire to love you with a suffering love, a selfless love, an active love, a firm, undivided, persevering love. I have promised you many things, but in no way do I depend on my own indolent spirit. You have enlightened me as to what I must do; now help me to execute it. All this I hope of your infinite mercy.
Take, O Lord, and receive our entire liberty, our memory, our understanding and our whole will. All that we are and all that we possess You have given us: We surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give us only Your love and Your grace; with these we will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.
2. Brother Klaus (St. Nicholas of Flue)
My Lord and my God, take from me everything that distances me from you.
My Lord and my God, give me everything that brings me closer to you.
My Lord and my God, detach me from myself to give my all to you.
3. Favorite prayer of Mother Teresa (St. John Henry Newman)
Dear Jesus, help us to spread Your fragrance everywhere we go.
Flood our souls with Your spirit and life.
Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly,
That our life may only be a radiance of Yours.
Shine through us, and be so in us,
That every soul we come in contact with may feel Your presence in our souls.
Let them look up and see no longer us but only Jesus!
Stay with us, and then we shall begin to shine as You shine;
So to shine as to be a light to others.
The light O Jesus will be all from You, none of it will be ours.
It will be You, shining on others through us.
Let us thus praise You without preaching, not by words but by our example,
By the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what we do,
The evident fullness of the love our heart bears from You.
4. St. Augustine
Breathe in us, O Holy Spirit, that our thoughts may all be holy
Act in us, O Holy Spirit, that our work too may be holy
Draw our hearts, O Holy Spirit, that we love but what is holy
Strengthen us, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy
Guide us then, O Holy Spirit, that we always may be holy
5. Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade - (from his Prayer for the Blessed State of Self-Abandonment)
Oh my God, please grant me the favor of living always in the union of my will with thy heavenly will. We achieve much by surrendering ever more to thy will, and we are relieved of all worry since we place everything in thy care and are concerned only to trust wholly in thee. By habitual inclination of my heart may I constantly repeat: “Thy will be done.” Like Mary, I say “yes” to whatever may please thee, and seek only thy perfect love and thy glory as You complete my sanctification.
6. Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, make us holy.
Body of Christ, be our salvation.
Blood of Christ, let us drink your wine.
Water flowing from the side of Christ, wash us clean.
Passion of Christ, strengthen us.
Kind Jesus, hear our prayer,
Hide us within your wounds,
And keep us close to you.
Defend us from the evil enemy,
And call us at the hour of our death
To the fellowship of your saints
That we might sing your praise with them for all eternity.
7. St. John Vianney
All that we do without offering it to God is wasted. We love you, O God, and our only desire is to love you until the last breath of our lives. We love you, O infinitely lovable God, and would rather die loving you than live without loving you. We love you Lord and the only grace we ask is to love you eternally. My God, if our tongues cannot say in every moment that we love you, we want our hearts to repeat it to you with every beat.
8. Joseph Cardinal Mercier - The secret of sanctity and happiness:
Every day...control your imagination and close your eyes to the things of sense and your ears to all the noises of the world, in order to enter into yourself. Then in the sanctity of your Baptized soul, which is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, speak to that Divine Spirit, saying to Him:
Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You.
Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me.
Tell me what I should do . . . give me Your orders.
I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me,
and to accept all that You permit to happen to me.
Let me only know Thy will.
If you do this, your life will flow along happily, serenely and full of consolation, even in the midst of trials. Grace will be proportioned to the trial, giving you the strength to carry it and you will arrive at the gates of Paradise, laden with merit.
9. Saint John Eudes
O my Savior – extend the power of your eternal arm to separate me from myself and unite me to you. Pluck out my miserable heart and replace it with your own, enabling me to praise you and love you, my Lord, with my whole heart—with the great heart of Jesus, which is my own heart. O all-lovable and all-loving heart of my Savior, be the heart of my heart, the soul of my soul, the spirit of my spirit, the life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts, words, and actions.
10. Constant Prayer of St. John of Capistrano
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give glory!
11. St. Teresa of Calcutta
May we allow Jesus to use us without consulting us,
by taking what He gives, and giving what He takes.”
12. St. Joan of Arc - when asked whether she was in the state of grace:
Lord - if I’m in the state of grace, please keep me there; if I’m not, please put me there.
13. Prayer of St Thérèse of Lisieux
O my God! I offer Thee all my actions of this day for the intentions and for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart, my every thought, my simplest works, by uniting them to Its infinite merits; and I wish to make reparation for my sins by casting them into the furnace of Its Merciful Love. I ask thee for myself and for those whom I hold dear, the grace to fulfill perfectly Thy Holy Will, to accept for love of Thee the joys and sorrows of this passing life, so that we may one day be united together in Heaven for all Eternity. Amen.
14. Ignite the Fire of Your Love (St Alphonsus De Liguori)
Our crucified Love, our dear Jesus! We believe in You, and confess You to be the true Son of God and our Savior. We adore You from the abyss of our own nothingness, and we thank You for the death You suffered for us, that we might obtain the life of divine grace.
If we have not loved You in times past, we love You now; and we desire nothing but to love You with all our heart. But without Your help we can do nothing. Since You command us to love You, give us also the strength to fulfill this, Your sweet and loving request. You have promised to grant all that we ask of You: You shall ask whatever you will and it shall be done unto you.
Trusting, then, in this promise our dear Jesus, we ask first of all pardon of all our sins; and we repent, above all things, because we have offended You, O Infinite Goodness! We ask for holy perseverance in Your grace till our death. But, above all, we ask for the gift of Your Holy Love.
Ah, our Jesus, our Hope, our Love, our All, inflame us with that love which You came on earth to enkindle! "Ignite the fire of your love." For this end, make us always live in conformity with Your Holy Will. Enlighten us, that we may understand more and more how worthy You are of our love, and that we may know the immense love You have borne us, especially in giving Your life for us.
Grant, then, that we may love You with all our heart, and may love You always, and never cease to seek the grace to love You in this life; that, living always and dying in Your love, we may come one day to love You with all our strength in heaven, never to leave off loving You for all eternity. Amen.
15. Transubstantiate Me (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
Here is my body. Take it. Here is my blood. Take it. Here is my soul, my will, my energy, my strength, my property, my wealth—all that I have. It is yours. Take it! Consecrate it! Offer it with yourself to the heavenly Father…Consecrate these trials of my life, which would go unrewarded unless united with You. Transubstantiate me so that like bread which is now your Body and wine which is now your Blood, I too may be wholly yours…My station in life, my routine duties, my work, my family—all these are but the species of my life which may remain unchanged; but the substance of my life, my soul, my mind, my will, my heart—transubstantiate them, transform them wholly into your service, so that through me all may know how sweet is the love of Christ. Amen.
16. St. Francis de Sales
I vow and consecrate to God all that is in me:
My memory and my actions to God the Father;
My understanding and my words to God the Son;
My will and my thoughts to God the Holy Spirit.
17. Fr. John Tauler
May God grant us the grace to support His work within our souls.
May we die to all that we should die to,
live for all that we should live for,
and do everything that His grace demands.
18. Here I am Lord (Original)
Here I am Lord –
I open the door of my heart to You.
I want to be who You want me to be.
I want to do what You want me to do.
Like Jesus, Joseph, Mary and all the Saints,
I give you my Fiat—I say "Yes" to You!
19. May We Live By Faith (Original from Gal 2:20, Eph 4:13, Col 2:6)
Lord, may we live by faith, and reach unity with others in the faith, being strengthened in the faith as we were taught and overflowing with thankfulness.
20. Prayer to Know and Serve God (Original)
May all those who don't know You come to know You, and may we all fully surrender to You, that we might be emptied, cleansed, filled, guided, strengthened, protected by your Holy Spirit that we might serve You.
21. Expanded Prayer of Jabez
Father - Bless myself, my family, and your Church indeed, and expand our territory for your kingdom. May your hand be with us, guiding us, uplifting us, strengthening us, unifying us, and filling us with the joyful fire of Your merciful love. Keep us from any evil, that we might not cause any harm, any pain or any suffering. Also protect us from any evil. I pray this in Jesus name—that it will be in Your will and only for Your glory.
22. Trusting in His Merciful Heart (St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart)
I give myself completely to you, my only Love, so that you alone can work in me according to your plan. For I desire nothing other than what you wish…The arms with which I shall do battle are prayer, the presence of God, silence; yet I am aware of how little I am able to use these weapons. Nevertheless I shall arm myself with complete confidence in you, patience, humility, and conformity with your divine will…You, my God, have declared yourself my captain; you have raised the standard of the cross, saying, take up the cross and follow in my footsteps. To correspond with this invitation, I promise to resist your love no longer; rather, I will follow you to Calvary without hesitation.
My God, I desire nothing except to become your perfect image, and since yours was a hidden life of humiliation, love, and sacrifice, so also I wish mine to be. I desire to enclose my self henceforth within your most loving heart as in a desert, so that I may live in you, and with you, and for you this hidden life of love and sacrifice O my Lord, you know my great desire to become a victim of your Sacred Heart, wholly consumed by the fire of your holy love. May your heart be the altar upon which my holocaust shall be made, and you be the priest who will consume this victim by the flames of your burning love…
I am confident that all will be accomplished by the fire of divine love. My God, how well you know my great need of your help. I trust in your infinite mercy and shall always do so regardless of the spiritual state in which I might find myself. Always and everywhere I shall endeavor to recognize your will in all things, even though my eyes see only contradiction and uncertainty.
I know I cannot depend upon myself, so I shall trust completely in you. Nothing shall separate me from the love of Christ, for in you, O Lord, I have hoped; I shall never be confounded. In all things I shall be content knowing that the route I travel leads to Calvary. I desire to love you with a suffering love, a selfless love, an active love, a firm, undivided, persevering love. I have promised you many things, but in no way do I depend on my own indolent spirit. You have enlightened me as to what I must do; now help me to execute it. All this I hope of your infinite mercy.