Novena for the gift of prayer to St. Charles de Foucauld

Father, 
I abandon myself into your hands; 
do with me what you will. 
Whatever you may do, I thank you: 
I am ready for all, I accept all.

Let only your will be done in me, 
and in all your creatures -
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul: 
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart, 
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself, 
to surrender myself into your hands without reserve, 
and with boundless confidence, 
for you are my Father.

Charles de Foucauld  1858-1916





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O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Refuge of Sinners,
we consecrate ourselves to thy Immaculate Heart.
We consecrate to thee our very being and our whole life: all that we have, all that we love, all that we are.
To thee we give our bodies, our hearts, and our souls; to thee we give our homes, our families and our country. We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to thee and may share in the benefits of thy motherly blessing.
And, that this act of consecration may be truly fruitful and lasting, we renew this day at thy feet the promises of our Baptism and Confirmation.
We pledge ourselves to profess courageously and at all times the truths of our holy Faith, and to live as befits Catholics, who are submissive to all directions of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him.
We pledge ourselves to keep the Commandments of God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's Day.
We pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the Christian religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an important part of our lives, in so far as we shall be able to do. Finally, we promise thee, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of all, to devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the spreading of devotion to thy Immaculate Heart, in order to hasten and assure, through the queenly rule of thy Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of thy adorable Son, in our own hearts and in those of all people, in our country, and in all the world, as in Heaven, so on earth. Amen.

The Eucharistic fast: an offering of your life

Lord Jesus, I firmly believe that You are present in the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. I love You more than anything and I desire You with all my soul. 
“My body longs for you, like a dry, weary land without water.” (Psalm 62)
I want to receive You today with all the love of the Virgin Mary, with the joy and the fervor of the Saints. 
Since I am prevented from receiving You sacramentally, come at least spiritually to visit my soul.
In this time of absence, may this Eucharistic fast to which I am subjected bring me in communion with Your sufferings, especially with the feeling of abandon that You felt on the Cross when You cried out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
May this sacramental fast bring me in communion with the sentiments of Your Most Holy Mother and of St Joseph when they lost You in the temple of Jerusalem; with the sentiments of Your Holy Mother when she received You, lifeless, at the foot of the Cross. 
May this Eucharistic fast bring me in communion with the suffering of Your mystical Body, the Church, throughout the world where persecution, or the absence of priests, are obstacles to sacramental life. 
May this Eucharistic fast bring me to understand that the Eucharist is an over-abundant gift of Your love and not a given for my spiritual comfort. 
May this Eucharistic fast be a reparation for all the times when I received you with a heart that was badly prepared, cold, indifferent, without love nor thanksgiving. 
May this Eucharistic fast ever increase my hunger to receive You truly and substantially in Your body, Your blood, Your soul and Your divinity when the circumstances will allow me. 
And until then, Lord Jesus, come to visit us spiritually through Your grace to strengthen us in our trials. Maranatha, come Lord Jesus.

Novena to the Servant of God: Carlo Acutis

Dear Father,
Who has given us the ardent testimony
of the young Servant of God, Carlo Acutis,
who made the Eucharist the core of his life
and strength of his daily commitments
so that everybody may love You above all else,
let him soon be counted among 
the Blesseds and Saints in Your Church.

Confirm my Faith
nurture my Hope,
strengthen my Charity
in the image of young Carlo,
who, growing in these virtues,
now lives with You.

Grant me the grace I really need....

I trust in you, Father, and your Beloved Son Jesus,
in the Virgin Mary, our Dearest Mother,
and in the intervention of Your Servant, Carlo Acutis.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be