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People ask me a decent bit for advice on startups. Usually the advice is to work hard. Be strategic. Pick the right people. Build a great product. All great advice. My advice? Surrender Is usually a bit different. Here’s the prayer that changed my life. Fr Dolindo Ruotolo - Padre Pio’s spiritual director - had a vision of Jesus speaking to him. Here’s what He said: *shortened a bit for this post* “Why do you confuse yourselves by worrying? Leave the care of your affairs to me and everything will be peaceful. I say to you in truth that every act of true, blind, complete surrender to me produces the effect that you desire and resolves all difficult situations. Surrender to me does not mean to fret, to be upset, or to lose hope, nor does it mean offering to me a worried prayer asking me to follow you and change your worry into prayer. It is like the confusion that children feel when they ask their mother to see to their needs, and then try to take care of those needs for themselves so that their childlike efforts get in their mother’s way. Surrender means to placidly close the eyes of the soul, to turn away from thoughts of tribulation and to put yourself in my care, so that only I act, saying, “You take care of it.” How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and material need, turns to me, looks at me and says to me, “You take care of it,” then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want. You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to. Simply say “You take care of it,” and I will intervene, and I will resolve the most difficult situations. And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mother’s arms, on the other bank of the river.” Jesus I surrender myself to You. You take care of it. - The Surrender Novena
Ah love this prayer! This was the theme of Damascus this Spring. I wrote my business name down on a piece of paper and laid it at the altar. And I'm already feeling the work move and pivot in a direction I would have never thought to pave the path for... ♥️
I love the surrender novena. I've done it literally over 50 times...which shows how much work I need surrendering to the Lord!
Thank you so much for sharing this inspiring and powerful vision. God bless you and all who make Hallow possible. 😀
A prayer for all generations and ....One of my favorite, most easily said, most applicable of all times!
My sister gifted me the novena and beads from Catholic Company and I pray it daily ☘️🙏🏽☘️ Couldn’t agree more!
A prayer I use and is calming. God bless…..
Powerful prayer🙏🏽 Thank you Alex at Hallow. What helps me surrender is doing manual work like gardening. There is a lot of doing, nurturing, believing and waiting. It’s a great life lesson.
Love this! At the alter, we become yoked up with our Maker. Loved hearing this from you at Benedictine College today! Thank you for your time and message. Grateful!
Absolute favorite of mine! Surrendering to the Lord means, saying with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Thy will be done” and meaning it. ❤️🙏🏼
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2moThis sounds nice, but in mybexperience nothing ever happens unless we act. How do you find the balance of "letting God handle it" while doing the necesarry work that actually gets things done?