Day 7

Novena
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 anymore, because your 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)

Something to consider

Consider a time you were in your “deepest poverty.” I have had many when the suffering was more than I thought I could bear, or the loss of a relationship left me empty and questioning. At those times not so long ago, I had no knowledge of the Surrender Novena. I wish had. In hindsight I can see that it would have helped me let go of it all and surrender it to God. At times, I was neck deep in deep poverty, struggling for each new breath, and feeling very alone at times. I didn’t sense God was near, I didn’t feel His presence. Yet, I knew He was there walking every step of the way with me, and yes, likely carrying me most of the way.  Fr. Mike Schmitz says, “You cannot solve life. It’s a story to be lived. Giving up means choosing to avoid the difficulties of life and the parts we can’t control. The answer is not ‘try harder.’ Jesus says instead, surrender! Surrender is marked by trust. When we want to escape and run away, trust and surrender instead.”