Novena of Surrender to Jesus Christ - Day 2

Novena of Surrender to Jesus Christ - Day 2
by Father Dolindo Ruotolo

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! (Repeat 10 times)

Mother Mary, I am yours now and forever.
Through you and with you
I always want to belong completely to Jesus.