Following the path of Christ leads us to mystery of conversion, we pray for the grace of conversion in our own life:R. Lord, Give me the Grace of Conversion
Lord Jesus,
When I look at my life from the starting point of my own insufficiences, instead of from the fact of your compassion, grace, and love for me. R.
When I would prefer to live by my own thoughts and my own understanding instead of by your Truth which alone can set me free. R.
When I would rather brood over what annoys me than turn myself over to you always invite me to come to you. R.
When I obsess over self-absorption, complacency, and self-assertiveness. R.
When I get dejected about my sin, not because it offends you, but because it prevents me from being able to take delight in myself. R.
Whenever I live in a dualistic way, as if my faith and "my real life" are two separate things, R.
When I am deceived into thinking that my happiness depends on something in the future instead of what you give me in the present moment, R.
When discouragement and shame make hard for me to be faithful, R.
When I become distraught over the evil I would commit if left to myself, forgetting that I do not live according to myself but that I live in you, R.
When self-doubt and fear seem to have the last say, R.
When I miss the point of my fragility, a gift you give me so that I will always be prompted to rely on you, R.
When I am inclined to interpret my problems as punishments and my miseries as being abandoned by God, R.
When impenetrability takes over my life, making me resistant to your beauty and all the little ways you ordain yourself to me, R.
When I get distracted by my feelings, my emotions, my passions, my regrets, R.
When I get duped into thinking that I must fix myself up in order to have a relationship with you, forgetting that you come to me with your love just the way I am, R.
When I treat my faith like some abstract answer to be sought instead of as a loving Presence to be affirmed, R.
When I get discouraged by chronic or recurring sins in my life, R.
When I would attempt to earn you favor by achievements, forgetting that I did not choose you, but it is you who chose me, R.
When scandalized by my own selfishness and self assertion, R.
When the oppressive nihilism of life makes me ignore or reduce the desires of my heart that lead me to you, R.
When independence and self-sufficiency make me resist the companionship with others through which you will give me your friendship and tenderness, R.
Whenever I treaty my preconceptions like idols that drain my life of wonder and simplicity, R.
When the evidence of all that is wrong with my life leads me to become paralyzed, indifferent or lax, R.
When I get preoccupied with my self-justifications trying to convince myself that I am loveable, R.
When I would rather live my life in a safe or sheltered way instead of living my life as a risk, putting your will first in all things, R.
Composed by Father Peter John Cameron, O.P. editor Magnificat
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