Surrender to me does not mean to fret, to be upset,

or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to me a

worried prayer asking me to follow you and change

your worry into prayer. It is against this surrender,

deeply against it, to worry, to be nervous and to

desire to think about the consequences of anything.

It is like the confusion that children feel when they

ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try

to take care of those needs for themselves so that

their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way.

Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the

soul, to turn away from thoughts of tribulation and to

put yourself in my care, so that only I act. Saying You

take care of it.

O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!

(10 times)

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