An Act of Abandonment (by Saint Francis De Sales)

[Lorenzo]

prayer by: St. Francis De Sales



O my God, I thank you and I praise
you for accomplishing your holy
and all-lovable will without any regard for mine.
With my whole heart,
in spite of my heart,
do I receive this cross I feared so much!

It is the cross of Your choice,
the cross of Your love.
I venerate it;
nor for anything in the world
would I wish that it had not come,
since You willed it.

I keep it with gratitude and with joy,
as I do everything that comes from Your hand;
and I shall strive to carry it without letting it drag,
with all the respect
and all the affection which Your works deserve.

Amen.

[taga tigbao]

Amen.

[Lorenzo]

Keep me in your prayers, bro. I keep you in mine. May our Blessed Mother Mary keep us in her loving heart!