Blessed be You, O God, in my life!
Canticle given to Don Dolindo by Our Lady herself
This canticle was the daily act of consecration to God through the Immaculate for all the spiritual daughters and sons of Don Dolindo. It was also widely spread among the faithful who recited it with keen interest and spiritual profit. This Canticle was given to Don Dolindo by the Blessed Virgin Mary herself through a mystical inner locution on November 30, 1917:
“Therefore love the Lord God and exalt Him with the new canticle that I myself teach you:
Blessed be You, my God, in my life, and may my whole being praise You. My mind adores You, believing, and I acknowledge that Your word is eternal truth, that eternal truth is You Yourself. My heart loves You and I acknowledge that You are the only good. All that I have comes from You, my God, and my spirit rejoices only in You, for You alone are life.
I exalt You, my God, in my very smallness, and may my misery be the most beautiful confession of Your infinite beauty. I am nothing, O Lord, yet because of this my spirit rejoices in You, for in me my spirit finds nothing else in which to rejoice. Here I am before You, my God: I immolate myself completely to You alone and surrender myself entirely to You. Glorify Yourself in my freedom, glorify Yourself in my will, glorify Yourself in my life, glorify Yourself in my death, glorify Yourself in me, O Lord!
Here I am stripped of everything, here I am completely annihilated in Jesus my Savior, here I am completely transformed in Him as a victim of love. Receive me, O Lord, in the holy Host that is immolated upon the Altars; receive me in the moment when the priestly Sacrifice is consumed, receive me always in all that surrounds me!
If light disappears, receive me as a being that eclipses and vanishes before Your eternal light. If cold winter freezes the earth, receive me as a frost that awaits Your fire to melt into rain. If the life of the earth diminishes, receive me in my misery that makes me barren and withered. And come, O my sweet Bridegroom of love, come so that my poor earth may bloom, so that winter may pass, so that I may be like a flowering meadow in spring.
I ask nothing of You, O Lord, nor do I refuse You anything, O my God.
If You want me in joy, here I am, I am Yours!
If You want me in sorrow, here I am, I am Yours!
If You want me in aridity, here I am, I am Yours!
If You want me in moments of burning fervor, here I am, I am Yours!
If You want me in the inertia of spirit, here I am, I am Yours.
I give You everything, I renounce everything for You, and You alone I want to seek, You alone I want to exalt, You alone I want to bless in time and eternity. [Amen].”
Reference: Ruotolo, D. (2020). Fui chiamato dolindo che significa dolore. Pagine di autobiografia. Casa Mariana Editrice. Apostolato Stampa. Chapter 43.
Author’s Note: If you would like to read more about Don Dolindo’s spirituality, check out those books: Don Dolindo’s Books.