Rosary of Surrender: Turning Anxious Thoughts into Prayer with Thanksgiving
“Be solicitous about nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Saint Paul wrote “be solicitous about nothing” while chained to a Roman guard—discovering that anxiety loses its stranglehold the moment petition is braided together with thanksgiving.
As we pray the Rosary, remembering how faithfully God carried us through yesterday’s storms disarms our fear of tomorrow’s.
With each decade today, pair one honest family worry with one concrete memory of gratitude.