Novena of Surrender

Lord, Jesus Christ, son of the Father,

To you I surrender my experiences: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

To you I surrender my relationships: familial, friend, and mentor.

To you I surrender my desires, even my desires for you.

To you I surrender my comfort, even my desire to feel your love.

To you I surrender my understanding, and inner ear.

To you I surrender my losses, even my loss of you.

To you I surrender my work and activities, even those you have given me.

To you I surrender my thoughts and feelings, even my disordered ones.

To you I surrender my words, even my praises to your glory.

To you, I surrender my counsel, even my words in elaboration of you.

To you I surrender my heart, even my love of you.

To you I surrender the journey of my soul, even its approach to you.

To you, I surrender the details of my life’s path, even my striving to walk in you.

In you, I entrust EVERYTHING. Lead me, Oh God.