Fr. Todd 12/14/25
- eschwartz
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Dear Sacred Heart and St. Mary on the Lake,
As we continue through our season of Advent preparing our lives to receive Jesus more fully, I want to share the Litany of Trust, written by Sr. Faustina Maria Pia, a Sister of Life.
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From the belief that I have to earn Your love … Deliver me, Jesus (repeat after the following)
From the fear that I am unlovable …
From the false security that I have what it takes …
From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute …
From all suspicion of Your words and promises …
From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You …
From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will …
From anxiety about the future ….
From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past …
From restless self-seeking in the present moment …
From disbelief in Your love and presence …
From the fear of being asked to give more than I have …
From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth …
From the fear of what love demands …
From discouragement ….
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That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me … Jesus, I trust in You (repeat after the following)
That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings and transforms me …
That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You …
That You are with me in my suffering … Â
That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next …
That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church …
That Your plan is better than anything else …
That You always hear me and in Your goodness always respond to me …
That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others …
That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked …
That my life is a gift …
That You will teach me to trust You …
That You are my Lord and my God …
That I am Your beloved one …
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God Bless, Fr. Todd