Prayers for Discernment

[DaughterOfMary6]

Lately, I’ve been researching different Dominican religious orders for women and I am discerning with two, including the Nashville Dominicans. I have called the Vocation Director, Sr. Mary Emily, to talk and apply to go to their next retreat. I had to leave a message on the answering machine because I called around 9:30 tonight.

I believe the Holy Spirit is giving me signs that I need to surrender soon. I have a feeling my life is going to change dramatically and I need prayers that I’ll be ready when it happens. It makes me wonder if I’ll be applying to enter soon, but I leave that up to Jesus Christ when He wills it and if He wills it.

Please pray for me. This is the most exciting time for me and I hope that I don’t squander God’s grace by being unattentive to His will.

*My Lord and my God, you are Love itself, and the source of all love and goodness. Out of love you created me to know you, love you, and serve you in a unique way, as no one else can. I believe that you have a plan for my life, that you have a task in your Kingdom reserved just for me. Your plan and your task are far better than any other I might choose: they will glorify you, fulfill the desires of my heart, and save those souls who are depending on my generous response.

Lord, grant me the light I need to see the next step in that plan; grant me the generosity I need to set aside my own plans in favor of yours; and grant me the strength I need to put my hands to your plough and never turn back. You know me better than I know myself, so you know that I am sinful and weak. All the more reason that I need your grace to uphold the good desires of my heart, O Lord!

Show me your will for me, O gentle and eternal God, and help me to say with Mary, “I am the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word,” and to say with Jesus, “Let not my will be done, but yours.”

Amen.*

 

[mjf001]

Praying for your intentions:

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women, and blessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.

 

[mlz]

Lately, I’ve been researching different Dominican religious orders for women and I am discerning with two, including the Nashville Dominicans. I have called the Vocation Director, Sr. Mary Emily, to talk and apply to go to their next retreat. I had to leave a message on the answering machine because I called around 9:30 tonight.

I believe the Holy Spirit is giving me signs that I need to surrender soon. I have a feeling my life is going to change dramatically and I need prayers that I’ll be ready when it happens. It makes me wonder if I’ll be applying to enter soon, but I leave that up to Jesus Christ when He wills it and if He wills it.

Please pray for me. This is the most exciting time for me and I hope that I don’t squander God’s grace by being unattentive to His will.

*My Lord and my God, you are Love itself, and the source of all love and goodness. Out of love you created me to know you, love you, and serve you in a unique way, as no one else can. I believe that you have a plan for my life, that you have a task in your Kingdom reserved just for me. Your plan and your task are far better than any other I might choose: they will glorify you, fulfill the desires of my heart, and save those souls who are depending on my generous response.

Lord, grant me the light I need to see the next step in that plan; grant me the generosity I need to set aside my own plans in favor of yours; and grant me the strength I need to put my hands to your plough and never turn back. You know me better than I know myself, so you know that I am sinful and weak. All the more reason that I need your grace to uphold the good desires of my heart, O Lord!

Show me your will for me, O gentle and eternal God, and help me to say with Mary, “I am the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word,” and to say with Jesus, “Let not my will be done, but yours.”

Amen.*

Prayers for your intentions I just watched something on EWTN the other night and I think it might be the same group you contacted. If God is calling you there it looks to be a very good place to be- Blessings,
mlz

 

[flyingkites08]

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my entire will. All I have and call my own, You have given to me; to you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me.

 

[St_Gabriel]

Praying for you …

 

[goforgoal]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment    

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All.    Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%20for%20vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%20for%20vocations/828/)

 

[244Rocket]

Praying hard.

 

[mlz]

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my entire will. All I have and call my own, You have given to me; to you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me.

Guide Your child to where You want her. We pray in the precious name of Jesus our Lord, amen.
mlz

 

[goforgoal]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment 

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)

 

[sidhe54]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment    

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All.    Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%20for%20vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%20for%20vocations/828/)

*** AMEN!!!***

 

[goforgoal]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment 

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)

 

[sidhe54]

• Originally Posted by goforgoal
  Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)   *

 

[mlz]

Guide Your child to where You want her. We pray in the precious name of Jesus our Lord, amen.
mlz

 

[vacanebrake]

Blessed Trinity please direct DaughterOfMary6 in the direction she may serve you best; Blessed Mother grant DaughterOfMary6 the graces she needs to do God’s will. In Jesus’ Name I pray Good Luck and :nun1:

Peace & all good

 

[Junebug999]

Heavenly Father, we pray your will be done in Daughterof Mary’s life. We also pray she be open to your will. May you bless her and guide her Lord.

 

[sidhe54]

• Originally Posted by goforgoal
  Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)   *

 

[goforgoal]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment 

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)

 

[goforgoal]

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment 

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)

 

[244Rocket]

Praying hard.

 

[goforgoal]

DaughterofMary6- I apologize for my ignorance but is the Dominican order a contemplative order or an active order?

God bless you on your journey…Prayers will continue

Thomas Merton’s Prayer for Discernment

O Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of me,
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
And that fact that I think
I am following Your will
Does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe
That the desire to please You
Does in fact please You.
And I hope I have that desire
In all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything
Apart from that desire to please You.
And I know that if I do this
You will lead me by the right road,
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust You always
Though I may seem to be lost
And in the shadow of death.
I will not fear,
For You are ever with me,
And You will never leave me
To make my journey alone.

by: Thomas Merton, Pax Christi, Benet Press, Erie, PA.

Prayer for Abandonment 

Creator God,
I abandon myself into Your hands;
Do with me what You will.
Whatever You do may I thank You:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only Your will be done in me,
And in all Your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.
Into Your hands I commend my soul:
I offer it to You with all the love of my heart,
For I love You, Lord, and I need to give myself to You,
To surrender myself into Your hands,
Without reserve and without boundless confidence,
For You are my God and my All. Amen.

by: Ven. Charles de Foucauld

[grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/](http://www.grdominicans.org/prayers%...vocations/828/)