Saturday, March 1, 2014

Litany of Spiritual Confidence~In preparation for a Holy Lent

~Lord, keep me close to you~

Lord, I can do all that you ask of me because it is you who strengthens me.

Lord, whenever I fall, you delight in my confidence to trust you all the more

Lord, let me look to you and not to myself to find what is needed to please you

Lord, when I am overcome by fear it is because my peace depends on some thing instead of on your will

Lord, free me from my hidden attachments to self-righteousness

Lord, let me always remember that it is you who move me to ask for your love

Lord, help me to see that the meaning of my faults is to learn to depend on you more and more

Lord, give me the strength to cry out for your love when all that I see is nothingness in myself

Lord, save me from the impulse to look for my peace and security in my own strength

Lord, the more you let me see what I am left to myself the more you give me the grace to cling to you

Lord, to be happy, I need nothing but what you provide for me at every moment

Lord, the more I live in the love you give me in this moment, the more perfectly I am able to suffer whatever comes my way

Lord, when I come to you at those times when I am overwhelmed by my own misery I glorify you the most

Lord, it is in being receptive to you in the knowledge of my own weakness that I derive all my strength

Lord, let me always remember that you want me to let you make me perfect by your love

Lord, the measure of my union with you is my faith in the power of your love to purify me and make me worthy of you.