And another thanks. I have known of this wonderful man, Bl.Charles deFoucauld, in the time of my old age, and his prayer, which you posted, is a bookmark in my Prayers of the Divine Office.
I am so glad he is now Blessed.
I was just reading an interview with Bishop Thomas Olmsted in our diocesan newspaper,The Phoenix Sun which was delivered late yesterday. Bishop Olmsted has now been our Bishop for 40 months and that event was what occasioned the interview. What a wonderful,holy and humble servant of God he is. We are so blessed.
Great as he is and I could go on for pages,the reason I'm commenting is that the Bishop said that he starts the day with the prayer you posted Mark, the Prayer of Abandonment. I will post it again here because it truly is beautiful.
Father,I abandon myself into your hands;do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do,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 so need to give myself,to surrender myself into your hands,without reserve,and with boundless confidence,for you are my Father.
In the interview he talks about the efficacy of prayer,that one particularly,and ends that section with:
When we remember the event that changed all of history---Jesus' death and resurrection---prayer helps us to listen again to that Good News,and to surrender ourselves to join Jesus in participating.___
I could go on forever about our brilliant,holy and humble Bishop,but I will just say,I have cut out the prayer and will start my day with it also,you all may see some remarkable changes in me. If you don't,I probably overslept or my senile lapses kicked in that morning or something.