INTENTION
Openness to Change: Request openness to embrace changes according to God's will.
(Isaiah 43:19) - See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
MEDITATION
PUTTING GOD FIRST
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. (For all things originate with Him and come from Him, all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him). To Him be glory forever! Amen. - Romans 11:36
Everything God asks us to do is for our good. All of His instructions to us are intended to show us the way to righteousness, peace, and joy. Jesus died for us so we can have a deep and intimate personal relationship with God through Him. He wants us to live with, through, and for Him. He created us for fellowship with Him that is something to be thankful for! The thing many people fail to realize is that they can never be fulfilled or have the satisfaction they desire apart from God. He created us for His pleasure and delight. He gives us life as a gift, and if we will freely offer it back to Him, then and only then can we live it fully and joyfully.
We Read,
John 15:5 - I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Act Of Contrition
O, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because of your just punishment, but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin
Act Of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though You have already come, I embrace You and unite myself entirely to You; never permit me to be separated from You.
Opening prayer...
Dear Heavenly Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, the skies and the seas, and everything in them, You are worthy of all glory, honor, dominion, and strength. You have every right to call the shots in my life, and in the world. I thank You for the peace that comes with accepting that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men. I know unequivocally that I can trust Your infinite goodness, wisdom, and holiness. Please help me to hold my blessings with open hands, not hoarding them for myself, but willing to give them back, to share them, and to use them on behalf of Your glory, as You so lead. It鈥檚 in the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ, that I pray. Amen.
Novena for Surrendering to the Will of God - Day 7
Heavenly Father, all I have is a gift from You. In return, may my life be an ongoing gift to You. Conform my will to Yours that our wills may be one. I place this petition in Your hands. Help me to fully entrust it to You
(mention your intentions here)
St. Ignatius of Loyola, who sought true heroism and found it in serving God, pray that I might live out your prayer: take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level (Ps 143:10). Amen.
Prayer for Openness to Change
Heavenly Father, As I stand before You, I am reminded of Your promise in Isaiah 43:19, declaring that You are doing a new thing. Open my eyes, Lord, to perceive the new ways You are making in the wilderness and the streams in the wasteland. Grant me the openness to embrace the changes You are orchestrating according to Your perfect will.
I acknowledge that all things are from You, through You, and to You. In this acknowledgment, I surrender my plans, desires, and preconceptions to Your divine purpose. May Your glory be the center and consummation of all aspects of my life.
Help me understand that every instruction from You is intended for my good, leading me to righteousness, peace, and joy. In the light of Your Word, I recognize that true fulfillment and satisfaction come only through a deep and intimate relationship with You.
Lord Jesus, I thank You for the sacrifice on the cross, granting me the opportunity for a personal relationship with God. I desire to live with, through, and for You. I yield my life to Your lordship, knowing that apart from You, I can do nothing.
As I contemplate the truth that You are the vine and I am the branches, instill in me the awareness that true life, fulfillment, and fruitfulness come from remaining connected to You. In moments of change and uncertainty, grant me the faith and trust to abide in You, knowing that in Your divine plan, lies the source of all goodness.
Grant me the grace to freely offer my life back to You, finding joy in fellowship with You. May my openness to Your will bring about a transformation that aligns my desires with Yours. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.
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