Father Mark has given us a perfect prayer for today, so that on this great feast we can abandon ourselves to Our Lady. (I'll give it in both English and French, as he did, which allows us to remember France in our prayers -- the "Eldest Daughter of the Church."
Père Croset's Act of Abandonment
O Marie, ma Reine et ma Mère, reçois en tes mains mon Acte d'Abandon à la volonté du Père de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, afin qu'à l'exemple de son Fils bien aimé et par le secours de ta Tendresse, je laisse conduire ma vie par l'Esprit-Saint selon les mysterieux desseins de la Trinité.
O Mary, my Queen and my Mother, receive into thy hands my Act of Abandonment to the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that, following the example of His beloved Son and with the help of thy tenderness, I may let my life be directed by the Holy Spirit according to the mysterious designs of the Trinity.
Aide-moi à livrer sans réserve tout mon être à Dieu dans la clarté obscure de la foi, l'élan austère de l'Espérance et l'étreinte crucifiante de l'Amour.
Help me to surrender without reserve my whole being to God in the dark brightness of Faith, the austere élan of Hope, and the crucifying embrace of Love.
Je veux m'enfoncer en ton Coeur Immaculé pour y devenir l'hostie que tu donneras à Jésus, afin qu'en son sacrifice Il me consacre à la gloire de son Père et à la fécondité de l'Eglise son Épouse. Amen.
I want to hide myself within thy Immaculate Heart to become there the host that thou wilt give to Jesus, so that He may consecrate me in His sacrifice to the glory of His Father and to the fruitfulness of His Bride the Church. Amen.
[For an explanation about the author of this prayer, go here.]
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