Let go and trust
Pray the novena →The Surrender Novena is nine short meditations, written as if Jesus were speaking, all ending with one line: 'O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!' People find it when they are tired of trying to control everything.
Any time
Anxiety
Trust
Hard decisions
The novena comes from Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo (1882–1970), a priest of Naples. He is a Servant of God, meaning his cause for sainthood has been opened, but he has not been declared a saint. His original text is still under copyright, so we do not reprint it here. We give the refrain and a summary of each day in our own words.
Fr. Dolindo is a Servant of God, not a canonized saint.
The refrain is repeated ten times at the end of each day.
Day by day it moves from worry to trust: stop worrying, close your eyes, let Jesus act, and pray instead of fretting.
A novena is nine days of prayer for one intention, modeled on the nine days the apostles and Mary prayed between the Ascension and Pentecost (Acts 1–2). Pray this each day:
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from Surrender Novena's story, and a nudge to keep going.
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“O Jesus, I surrender myself to you, take care of everything!”
Image: Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787), Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Only the short refrain is printed here (quoted for prayer and commentary). The full nine-day text by Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo is under copyright; find it from an authorized publisher. Pray the refrain ten times each day for nine days.
