Jesus, I trust in You

Many prisons of the soul are named fear. The answer Jesus taught Saint Faustina fits in five words.

Saint Faustina, one of the mystics of our spiritual family, received from Jesus the request to paint the image of Divine Mercy with the inscription “Jesus, I trust in You.” The phrase is simple, but it is a prayer of deliverance: whoever trusts hands control over to God.

Jesus invites us: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). And the psalm assures us that even if we walk through the dark valley, we will fear no evil, because the Lord is with us (Ps 23:4).

Anxiety, fear of the future, the feeling of being trapped by something you cannot overcome: all of this can be brought to Jesus. Trust does not make problems disappear all at once, but it takes away their power to rule us.

A practice: whenever fear comes, take a deep breath and slowly repeat, “Jesus, I trust in You.” Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at three in the afternoon, the hour when Jesus died on the cross for us.

To pray

Merciful Jesus, I hand over to You my fears, my anxieties and everything that holds me captive. Break the chains I cannot break on my own. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.

Important: everything in this ministry takes place in communion with the diocesan bishop and with the parish priest of each community. Prayer does not replace medical or psychological treatment, and exorcism in the strict sense is reserved to a priest authorized by the bishop (Catechism, no. 1673).