Autistic Devotions
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Saint Thorlak: Pray for Us!
Individual Prayers for Autism’s Belonging
- For Autism Support
- Child’s Prayer to Saint Thorlak
- In moments of overload
- Prayer to Consecrate Autism via Saint Thorlak
- Prayers of Reparation and Healing for Autistic People in Our Community
- Daily Intentions for Autism’s Belonging in the Body of Christ – Comprehensive List
- Prayers of the Faithful – For Autism’s Belonging in the Body of Christ
Autism Consecrated’s prayers are free to download, copy, print, share, and distribute to individuals and groups, including parishes and church communities. Please contact us for further information.
Autism Consecrated is pleased to send FREE prayer cards of Saint Thorlak to groups and individuals. We do ask for help with shipping costs for larger quantities and for items sent internationally. Please let us know your needs, and we will calculate the best possible shipping rate. All shipping costs are paid through our PayPal Donation Link.
If you prefer to print and use our prayers locally, look for links on our prayer pages, or contact us to send the file(s) to you directly.
In addition to our free versions of these prayers, the Scriptural Stations of the Cross for Autistic People, the Prayer to Consecrate Autism via St. Thorlak, and the Novena in Honor of Saint Thorlac may be purchased in sturdy paperback and Kindle formats via Amazon.
Excerpt from Prayer of Consecration via St. Thorlak by Fr. Mark P. Nolette:
As a Christian, I seek to love the Lord with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, with all my body, and with all my strength. I seek to love my neighbor as myself. I seek to see Christ in the least of my sisters and brothers, as He has taught me. I seek to be close to Him always; close in prayer, close in the Sacraments, close as I read the Scriptures, close as I love others, close as I welcome the love of others for me.
As an autistic person, I know that Christ is the Truth, the ultimate Source of all truth that I seek. I know that God is Love. When I love anything intensely, I am beginning to know it as God does. I want to love as God does. I can feel that love, but I don’t always know how to show it. I don’t always know how to speak or act when I’m with other people. I have to confront great anxieties and fears at times. Certain sounds, smells, colors, or other things really hurt me and make it very hard for me to be with other people. I don’t know all the social codes and misunderstand what others say, and they misunderstand what I say. I often have a hard time knowing what I feel, let alone expressing my emotions. Some people see me as someone they would rather not be with, or someone who has nothing to offer. I desperately want to do the right thing, but I often don’t know what the right thing is.
… Take my autism and make it a means of God’s love, wisdom and strength. Guide me and show me how I can best serve God and others through my autism. Show me how what I thought of as weakness, or what some people called weakness, is really a way for God to bless me and to bless many through me.
… Let me be that mustard seed, that measure of yeast, that seemingly small and insignificant thing that becomes a great blessing by God’s love
… May it all be according to God’s Word, now and forever. Amen.
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