The Surrender Novena

The Novena of Surrender

(Video version)

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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 closes it's 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 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 perform miracles, 

not even among the saints. 

He does divine works 

whosoever surrenders to God. 

So don't think about it any more, 

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)

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! (10 times)