The original text of the Novena of Surrender was taken from:
Jesus, You take over! It is the prayer of Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo (servant
of God) - written as though Jesus Himself is speaking to the reader.
Beautiful words.
I chanced upon the Novena of Surrender by accident. Admittedly,
there have been times when I've had need of prayers like these.
Times when I've been tired, angry or frustrated. In such times
I try to say thank you to God for the challenges. They serve as good
reminders of who really is the Lord of my life. TRY is the word
because it is oh so hard to do at the heat of the moment.
By His grace, life is all calm right now. I am at the moment recharging
the batteries. Our life will be very busy soon. The Novena of Surrender
is a gentle reminder that He takes care of everything.
Novena of Surrender
Day 1
Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care
of your affairs to me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you
in truth that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to me
produces the effect that you desire and resolves all difficult
situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 2
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)
Day 3
How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and
material need turns to me, looks at me and says to me;
“You take care of it,” then close its eyes and rests. In pain
you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want.
You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt to your ideas.
You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you,
but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to.
So do not act this way, but pray as I taught you in the Our Father:
“Hallowed be thy Name”, that is, be glorified in my need.
“Thy kingdom come”, that is, let all that is in us and in the world
be in accord with your kingdom. “Thy will be done on Earth
as it is in Heaven”, that is, in our need, decide as you see fit
for our temporal and eternal life.If you say to me truly: “Thy will
be done”. Which is the same as saying: “You take care of it”.
I will intervene with all my omnipotence, and I will resolve
the most difficult situations.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 4
You see evil growing instead of weakening? Do not worry,
Close your eyes and say to me with faith: “Thy will be done,
You take care of it.” I say to you that I will take care of it, and that
I will intervene as does a doctor and I will accomplish miracles
when they are needed. Do you see that the sick person is
getting worse? Do not be upset, but close your eyes and say
“You take care of it.” I say to you that I will take care of it,
and that there is no medicine more powerful than my
loving intervention. By my love, I promise this to you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 5
And when I must lead you on a path different from the one
you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will
let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep
in their mother’s arms, on the other bank of the river.
What troubles you and hurts you immensely are your reason,
your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs to deal
with what afflicts you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 6
You are sleepless; you want to judge everything,
direct everything and see to everything and you surrender
to human strength, or worse- to men themselves, trusting in
their intervention,- this is what hinders my words and my views.
Oh how much I wish from you this surrender, to help you
and how I suffer when I see you so agitated! Satan tries
to do exactly this: to agitate you and to remove you
from my protection and to throw you into the jaws of
human initiative. So, trust only in me, rest in me,
surrender to me in everything.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 7
I perform miracles in proportion to your full surrender to me
and to your not thinking of yourselves. I sow treasure troves
of graces when you are in the deepest poverty. No person
of reason, no thinker, has ever performed miracles, not even
among the saints. He does divine works whosoever surrenders
to God. So don’t think about it any more, because you mind
is acute and for you it is very hard to see evil and to trust in me
and to not think of yourself. Do this for all your needs, do this
all of you and you will see great continual silent miracles.
I will take care of things, I promise this to you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 8
Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away on the flowing
current of my grace; close your eyes and do not think of the present,
turning your thoughts away from the future just as you would
from temptation. Repose in me, believing in my goodness, and
I promise you by my love that if you say “You take care of it.”
I will take care of it all; I will console you, liberate you and
guide you.
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
Day 9
Pray always in readiness to surrender, and you will receive
from it great peace and great rewards, even when I confer
on you the grace of immolation, of repentance and of love.
Then what does suffering matter? It seems impossible to you?
Close your eyes and say with all your soul, “Jesus, you take care
of it.” Do not be afraid, I will take care of things and you will
bless my name by humbling yourself. A thousand prayers
cannot equal one single act of surrender, remember this well.
There is no novena more effective than this:“O Jesus, I surrender
myself to you, take care of everything!”
O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!
(10 times)
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Original text:
Jesus, You take over!
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+ Vincenzo Pelvi
Auxiliary Bishop of Naples,Italy
July 25, 2006
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