Prayers of the Saints
Prayer of Abandonment to God's Will (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)
Lord Jesus, who was born for us in a stable,
lived for us a life of pain and sorrow,
and died for us upon a cross:
say for us in the hour of death,
Father, forgive;
and to your Mother, Behold your child.
Say to us, This day you shall be with me in paradise.
Dear Saviour, leave us not, forsake us not.
We thirst for you, fountain of living water.
Our days pass quickly along;
soon all will be consummated for us.
To your hands we commend our spirits,
now and for ever. Amen.
Writings of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
About the prayer
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), a widowed mother of five who became the first native-born American saint and founded the Sisters of Charity, prayed this abandonment to God's will in the years of her greatest loss. It is used at her shrine in Emmitsburg and in prayers for the bereaved.
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