Act of Contrition (New)

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.

An Act of Abandonment

(By Saint Jane Frances De Chantal.)

I have made some minor alteration to suit the modern English reader.

0 sovereign goodness of the sovereign Providence of my God!

I abandon myself forever to Your arms.

Whether gentle or severe,

lead me henceforth whether You Will;

I will not regard the way through which You Will have me pass,

but keep my eyes fixed upon You,

my God, who guides me.

My soul finds no rest without the arms

and the bosom of this heavenly Providence,

my true Mother, my strength and my rampart.

Therefore I resolve with Your Divine assistance,

0 my Saviour,

to follow Your desires and Your ordinances,

without regarding or examining why You do this rather than that;

but I will humbly follow You

according to Your Divine will,

without seeking my own inclinations.

Hence I am determined to leave all to You,

taking no part therein save by keeping myself in peace in Your arms,

desiring nothing except as You incites me to desire,

to will, to wish.

I offer You this desire, 0 my God,

beseeching You to bless it;

I undertake all it includes,

relying on Your goodness,

liberality, and mercy,

with entire confidence in You,

distrust of myself,

and knowledge of my infinite misery and infirmity.

Amen!

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Act of Consecration to the Holy Spirit

On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your love. You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my every thought and grant that I may always watch for You light and listen to Your voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself to You and ask You by Your compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore You Adorable Spirit, helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I may never sin against You. Give me grace O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and the Son, to say to You always and everywhere, Speak Lord, for Thy servant is listening. Amen. ShareThis

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