{"id":4334,"date":"2018-12-07T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/praying-in-the-rain-at-lourdes\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:21:47","slug":"praying-in-the-rain-at-lourdes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/praying-in-the-rain-at-lourdes\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying in the rain at Lourdes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vierge-marie-lourdes\"<\/a>A Holy Priest
\n<\/strong>Born at Annecy-le-Vieux in 1914, Monsieur le Chanoine Louis Fran\u00e7ois CROSET was ordained to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Annecy on 7 June 1941. He exercised the sacred ministry in the diocese of Annecy from 1941 until 1952, and in the diocese of Bayonne from 1952-1990. He died on the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 7 December 1990.<\/p>\n

A Father to Many Souls
\n<\/strong>P\u00e8re Croset’s priestly life was marked by great suffering, by an extraordinary love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, and by a wonderful spiritual fruitfulness. I was privileged to be numbered among the many souls touched by his priesthood. At the end of his life P\u00e8re Croset lived in a residence for elderly priests in Pau, not far from Lourdes.<\/p>\n

At Lourdes
\n<\/strong>A number of years ago he drove me to Lourdes where, together in the February rain, we stood before the grotto and prayed this Act of Abandonment to the Blessed Virgin<\/em>. P\u00e8re Croset composed it in 1952, in a moment of intense moral suffering and darkness.<\/p>\n

P\u00e8re Croset’s Act of Abandonment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

O Marie, ma Reine et ma M\u00e8re,
\nre\u00e7ois en tes mains mon Acte d’Abandon
\n\u00e0 la volont\u00e9 du P\u00e8re de notre Seigneur J\u00e9sus-Christ,
\nafin qu’\u00e0 l’exemple de son Fils bien aim\u00e9
\net par le secours de ta Tendresse,
\nje laisse conduire ma vie par l’Esprit-Saint
\nselon les mysterieux desseins de la Trinit\u00e9.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

O Mary, my Queen and my Mother,
\nreceive into thy hands
\nmy Act of Abandonment
\nto the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
\nso that, following the example of His beloved Son
\nand with the help of thy tenderness,
\nI may let my life be directed by the Holy Spirit
\naccording to the mysterious designs of the Trinity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aide-moi \u00e0 livrer sans r\u00e9serve tout mon \u00eatre \u00e0 Dieu
\ndans la clart\u00e9 obscure de la Foi,
\nl’\u00e9lan aust\u00e8re de l’Esp\u00e9rance
\net l’\u00e9treinte crucifiante de l’Amour.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Help me to surrender without reserve
\nmy whole being to God
\nin the dark brightness of Faith,
\nthe austere \u00e9lan of Hope,
\nand the crucifying embrace of Love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Je veux m’enfoncer en ton Coeur Immacul\u00e9
\npour y devenir l’hostie que tu donneras \u00e0 J\u00e9sus,
\nafin qu’en son sacrifice
\nIl me consacre \u00e0 la gloire de son P\u00e8re
\net \u00e0 la f\u00e9condit\u00e9 de l’Eglise son \u00c9pouse.
\nAmen.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I want to hide myself within thy Immaculate Heart
\nto become there the host
\nthat thou wilt give to Jesus,
\nso that He may consecrate me in His sacrifice
\nto the glory of His Father
\nand to the fruitfulness of His Spouse the Church.
\nAmen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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