O my Mother Mary. Fill me with the sole desire to become a saint and fulfill that desire. As Abraham withheld not his only son from God, help me to withhold nothing. Give me the strength to endure any suffering. O God, I am your handmaid, let it be done unto me according to your Word. O my Mother, teach me to be a great saint, a hand-servant of the Lord.
Isaac’s Prayer Journal, January 3, 2018
Read previous offerings:
Ready to receive you (an Advent prayer)
“An intense desire.” A longing to depart from this fallen world.
“Why are you afraid?” Isaac’s final journal entry
“Moved to tears: the meaning behind Isaac’s gravestone”
“The reward of distracted prayer” (November 27th)
“The end of all beauties” (November 21s
“Memento mori” (November 18th)
“Root out my sin” (November 15th)
“Let me suffer” (November 12th)
Why the title? About the Offerings of Isaac