Fr. Todd 12/14/25

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.

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 ….

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 …  

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 …

God Bless, Fr. Todd