Pentecost Anticipated
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May 31, 2019. Feast
of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Father Walter Schu, LC
Luke
1:39-56
Mary set out and traveled to the hill
country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary´s greeting, the infant
leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in
a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is
the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my
Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached
my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." And Mary
said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices
in God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaid´s lowliness; behold,
from now on will all ages call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great
things for me, and holy is his name. His mercy is from age to age to those
who fear him. He has shown might with his arm, dispersed the arrogant of mind
and heart. He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the
lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away
empty. He has helped Israel his servant, remembering his mercy, according to
his promise to our fathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."
Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home.
Introductory Prayer: Lord, I believe in Your supreme goodness and
love. I entrust my entire self to you with all of my hopes, fears and joys.
Thank You for giving us the gift of Yourself in the Eucharist. Thank You,
too, for giving us Your own mother to be our mother during our exile on this
earth and journey home to You in heaven. Here I am, like her, to do Your
will.
Petition: Mary, help me to grow in humility.
1. Prompt and Joyful Charity: What has impelled Mary to undertake her
perilous journey not only alone, but also in haste? An irresistible force was
acting within Mary: the presence of the Holy Spirit overshadowed and filled
her since the moment of the Annunciation. This same Holy Spirit has filled
the heart of Elizabeth at Mary’s greeting and moved the infant within her
womb. What is the first fruit of the fullness of the Holy Spirit? Joy. Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI comments on the relationship of joy to the truth who is
Christ himself: “Jesus Christ, who is the fullness of truth, attracts to
himself the heart of every man, dilates it, and fills it with joy. Only the
truth is capable of invading the mind and making it fully joyful. This joy
expands the dimensions of the human spirit, raising it from the anxieties of
egoism, making it capable of authentic love” (Discourse to the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 10, 2005).
2. Elizabeth – The Unworthy Host: Elizabeth’s moving question reflects the
one virtue necessary for a person to be invaded by the Holy Spirit: humility.
Elizabeth is profoundly aware of her own lowliness in the face of a visit
from the mother of her Lord. Mary herself echoes these sentiments of deep
humility throughout her Magnificat. What is the reason her Creator has done
great things for her, so much so that all generations will call her blessed?
It is not due to any talent or quality she might possess of herself. There is
no magnificent grandeur by which she has captivated the Almighty. God has
simply “looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness.” Do I rejoice in my own
littleness, knowing that it enables the Holy Spirit to make his dwelling
within me and do great things for Christ with my life?
3. The Hymn of God’s Praise: Mary is so filled with the Holy Spirit that
her whole being bursts forth in a hymn of joy and praise to the Almighty.
Pope Emeritus Benedict reflects on Mary’s joy at the infant Lord’s presence
within her womb: “This is the joy the heart feels when we kneel to adore
Jesus in faith” (Discourse to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
February 10, 2005). The joy of Christ, the joy of the Holy Spirit, gratitude
to God for the great things he has done in us, impels us to bring Our Lord to
others, just as Mary brought him to Elizabeth even before his birth. As she
sings her Magnificat, Mary does not remain closed within herself, but
reflects on what God has done for her in light of his saving plan for all his
people. May the joy of the Holy Spirit bring about a new Pentecost that
radiates from our lives.
Conversation with Christ: Thank you, Lord! The great gift of Your Holy
Spirit fills our lives with the unspeakable joy of Your own presence within
us. Help me to respond with haste -- as Mary did -- to the impulses of
charity from the Holy Spirit.
Resolution: I will look for occasions to speak about
Christ with others and do acts of charity for them with joy and haste, just
as Mary did in the Gospel.
Excerpts from the DIARY of Saint Faustina Kowalska
25 During the night, the Mother of
God visited me, holding the Infant Jesus in Her arms. My soul was filled with
joy, and I said, "Mary, my Mother, do You know how terribly I
suffer?" And the Mother of God answered me, I know how much you
suffer, but do not be afraid. I share with you your suffering, and I shall
always do so. She smiled warmly and disappeared. At once, strength and a
great courage sprang up anew in my soul; but that lasted only one day. It
seemed as though hell had conspired against me. A terrible hatred began to
break out in my soul, a hatred for all that is holy and divine. It seemed to
me that these spiritual torments would be my lot for the rest of my life. I
turned to the Blessed Sacrament and said to Jesus, "Jesus, my Spouse, do
You not see that my soul is dying because of its longing for You? How can You
hide Yourself from a heart that loves You so sincerely? Forgive me, Jesus;
may Your holy will be done in me. I will suffer silently like a dove, without
complaining. I will not allow my heart even one single cry of sorrowful
complaint."
79 O Mary, my Mother and my
Lady, I offer You my soul, my body, my life and my death, and all that will
Follow it. I place everything in Your hands. O my Mother, cover my soul with
Your virginal mantle and grant me the grace of purity of heart, soul and
body. Defend me with Your power against all enemies, and especially against
those who hide their malice behind the mask of virtue. O lovely lily! You are
for me a mirror, O my Mother!
92
Humiliation is my daily food. I understand that the bride must herself share
in everything that is the groom's; and so His cloak of mockery must cover me,
too. At those times when I suffer much, I try to remain silent, as I do not
trust my tongue which, at such moments, is inclined to talk for itself, while
its duty is to help me praise God for all the blessings and gifts which He has
given me. When I receive Jesus in Holy Communion, I ask Him fervently to
deign to heal my tongue so that I would offend neither God nor neighbor by
it. I want my tongue to praise God without cease. Great are the faults
committed by the tongue. The soul will not attain sanctity if it does not
keep watch over its tongue.
161 Immaculate Virgin,
Pure crystal for my heart,
You are my strength, O sturdy anchor!
You are the weak heart's shield and protection.
Mary you are pure, of purity incomparable;
At once both Virgin and Mother,
You are beautiful as the sun, without blemish,
And your soul is beyond all comparison.
Your beauty has delighted the eye of the Thrice-Holy One.
He descended from heaven, leaving His eternal throne,
And took Body and Blood of your heart
And for nine months lay hidden in a Virgin's Heart.
O Mother, Virgin, purest of all lilies,
Your heart was Jesus' first tabernacle on earth.
Only because no humility was deeper than yours
Were you raised above the choirs of Angels and above all
Saints
178
Today we are beginning the third probation. All three of us met at Mother
Margaret's, as the other sisters were having their probation in the
novitiate. Mother Margaret began with a prayer, explained to us what the
third probation consists of, and then spoke on how great is the grace of the
perpetual vows. Suddenly I began to cry out loud. In an instant all God's
graces appeared before the eyes of my soul, and I saw myself so wretched and
ungrateful toward God. The sisters began to rebuke me, saying, "Why did
she break out crying?" But Mother Margaret came to my defense, saying
that she was not surprised.
At the
end of the hour, I went before the Blessed Sacrament and, like the greatest
and most miserable of wretches, I begged for His mercy that He might heal and
purify my poor soul. Then I heard these words, My daughter, all your
miseries have been consumed in the flame of My love, like a little twig
thrown into a roaring fire. By humbling yourself in this way, you draw upon
yourself and upon other souls an entire sea of My mercy. I answered,
"Jesus, mold my poor heart according to Your divine delight."
220 O
my eternal Lord and Creator, how am I going to thank You for this great
favor; namely, that You have deigned to choose miserable me to be Your
betrothed and that You are to unite me to yourself in an eternal bond? O
dearest Treasure of my heart, I offer You all the adoration and thanksgiving
of the Saints and of all the choirs of Angels, and I unite myself in a
special way with Your Mother. O Mary, my Mother, I humbly beg of You, cover
my soul with Your virginal cloak at this very important moment of my life, so
that thus I may become dearer to Your Son and may worthily praise Your Son's
mercy before the whole world and throughout all eternity.
260 I
had permission to visit Czestochowa while on my journey. I saw the Mother of
God [image] for the first time, when I went to attend the unveiling of the
image at five in the morning. I prayed without interruption until eleven, and
it seemed to me that I had just come. The superior of the house there [Mother
Serafin[75]] sent a sister for me, to tell me to come to
breakfast and said she was worried that I would miss my train. The Mother of
God told me many things. I entrusted my perpetual vows to Her. I felt that I
was her child and that She was my Mother. She did not refuse any of my
requests.
309
Before heaven and earth, before all the choirs of Angels, before the Most
Holy Virgin Mary, before all the Powers of heaven, I declare to the One
Triune God that today, in union with Jesus Christ, Redeemer of souls, I make
a voluntary offering of myself for the conversion of sinners, especially for
those souls who have lost hope in God's mercy. This offering consists in my
accepting, with total subjection to God's will, all the sufferings, fears and
terrors with which sinners are filled. In return, I give them all the
consolations which my soul receives from my communion with God. In a word, I
offer everything for them: Holy Masses, Holy Communions, penances,
mortifications, prayers. I do not fear the blows, blows of divine justice,
because I am united with Jesus. O my God, in this way I want to make amends
to You for the souls that do not trust in Your goodness. I hope against all
hope in the ocean of Your mercy. My Lord and my God, my portion-my portion
forever, I do not base this act of oblation on my own strength, but on the
strength that flows from the merits of Jesus Christ. I will daily repeat this
act of self-oblation by pronouncing the following prayer which You yourself
have taught me, Jesus:
"O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a Fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You!"
316
Once, the Mother of God came to visit me. She was sad. Her eyes were cast
down. She made it clear that She wanted to say something, and yet, on the
other hand, it was as if She did not want to speak to me about it. When I
understood this, I began to beg the Mother of God to tell me and to look at
me. Just then Mary looked at me with a warm smile and said, You are going
to experience certain sufferings because of an illness and the doctors; you
will also suffer much because of the image, but do not be afraid of anything.
The next day I fell ill and suffered a great deal, just as the Mother of God
had told me. But my soul was ready for the sufferings. Suffering is a
constant companion of my life.
564 On the feast day of the Immaculate Conception of the
Mother of God, during Holy Mass, I heard the rustling of garments and saw the
most holy Mother of God in a most beautiful radiance. Her white garment was
girdled with a blue sash. She said to me, You give Me great joy
when you adore the Holy Trinity for the graces and privileges which were
accorded Me. And She immediately disappeared.
620 Mary is my Instructress, who
is ever teaching me how to live for God. My spirit brightens up in Your
gentleness and Your humility, O Mary.
635
March 25. In the morning, during meditation, God's presence enveloped me in a
special way, as I saw the immeasurable greatness of God and, at the same
time, His condescension to His creatures. Then I saw the Mother of God, who
said to me, Oh, how pleasing to God is the soul that follows faithfully the
inspirations of His grace! I gave the Savior to the world; as for you, you
have to speak to the world about His great mercy and prepare the world for
the Second Coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Savior, but as a
just Judge. Oh, how terrible is that day! Determined is the day of justice,
the day of divine wrath. The angels tremble before it. Speak to souls about
this great mercy while it is still the time for [granting] mercy. If you keep
silent now, you will be answering for a great number of souls on that
terrible day. Fear nothing. Be faithful to the end. I sympathize with you.
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God.
805 From early morning, I felt the nearness of the Blessed
Mother. During Holy Mass, I saw Her, so lovely and so beautiful that I have
no words to express even a small part of this beauty. She was all [in] white,
with a blue sash around Her waist. Her cloak was also blue, and there was a
crown on Her head. Marvelous light streamed forth from Her whole figure. I
am the Queen of heaven and earth, but especially the Mother of your
[Congregation]. She pressed me to Her heart and said, I feel constant
compassion for you. I felt the force of Her Immaculate Heart which was
communicated to my soul. Now I understand why I have been preparing for this
feast for two months and have been looking forward to it with such yearning.
From today onwards, I am going to strive for the greatest purity of soul,
that the rays of God's grace may be reflected in all their brilliance. I long
to be a crystal in order to find favor in His eyes.
843 December 24, [1936]. During Holy Mass today, I was
united in a particular way with God and His Immaculate Mother. The humility
and love of the Immaculate Virgin penetrated my soul. The more I imitate the
Mother of God, the more deeply I get to know God. Oh, what infinite longing
envelops my soul! Jesus, how can You still leave me in this exile? I am dying
of longing for You. Every touch of my soul by You wounds me immensely. Love
and suffering go together; yet I would not exchange this pain caused by You
for any treasure, because it is the pain of incomprehensible delights, and
these wounds of the soul are inflicted by a loving hand.
874 Mary, Immaculate Virgin, take me under Your special
protection and guard the purity of my soul, heart and body. You are the model
and star of my life.
1097 Since that time, I have been living under the
virginal ', cloak of the Mother of God. She has been guarding me and
instructing me. I am quite at peace, close to Her Immaculate Heart. Because I
am so weak and inexperienced, I nestle like a little child close to Her
heart.
+ J. M. J.
1232 O sweet Mother of God,
I model my life on You;
You are for me the bright dawn;
In You I lose myself, enraptured.
O Mother, Immaculate Virgin,
In You the divine ray is reflected,
Midst storms, 'tis You who teach me to love the Lord,
O my shield and defense from the foe.
Cracow, August 10, 1937.
1410 Today [December 7, 1937] is the eve of the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. During the midday meal, in an
instant, God gave me to know the greatness of my destiny; that is, His
closeness, which for all eternity will not be taken away from me, and He did
this in such a vivid and clear fashion that I remained wrapped up in His
living presence for a long time, humbling myself before His greatness. +
J.M.J.
1412 + It is with great zeal that I have prepared for the
celebration of the Feast of the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. I have made an
extra effort to keep
recollected in spirit and have meditated on that unique
privilege of Our Lady. And thus my heart was completely drowned in Her,
thanking God for having accorded this great privilege to Mary.
1413 I prepared not only by means of the novena said in
common by the whole community, but I also made a personal effort to salute
Her a thousand times each day, saying a thousand "Hail Mary's" for
nine days in Her praise.
+ This is now the third time I have said such a novena to
the Mother of God; that is, a novena made up of a thousand Aves each day.
Thus the novena consists in nine thousand salutations. Although I have done
this now three times in my life, and two of these while in the course of my
duties, I have never failed in carrying out my tasks with the greatest
exactitude. I have always said the novena outside the time of my exercises;
that is to say, I have not said the Aves during Holy Mass or Benediction.
Once, I made the novena while lying ill in the hospital. Where there's a
will, there's a way. Apart from recreation, I have only prayed and worked. I
have not said a single unnecessary word during these days. Although I must
admit that such a matter requires a good deal of attention and effort,
nothing is too much when it comes to honoring the Immaculate Virgin.
1414 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Before Holy
Communion I saw the Blessed Mother inconceivably beautiful. Smiling at me She
said to me, My daughter, at God's command I am to be, in a special
and exclusive way your Mother; but I desire that you, too, in a special way,
be My child.
1415 I desire, My dearly beloved daughter, that you
practice the three virtues that are dearest to Me-and most pleasing to God.
The first is humility, humility, and once again humility; the second virtue,
purity; the third virtue, love of God. As My daughter, you must especially
radiate with these virtues. When the conversation ended, She pressed me
to Her Heart and disappeared. When I regained the use of my senses, my
heart became so wonderfully attracted to these virtues; and I practice
them faithfully. They are as though engraved in my heart.
1742
Be praised, merciful God, One God in the Holy Trinity,
Unfathomable, infinite, incomprehensible, immersing themselves in You, their minds cannot comprehend You, So they repeat without end their eternal: Holy. Be glorified, O merciful Creator of ours, O Lord, Omnipotent, but full of compassion, inconceivable. To love You is the mission of our existence, Singing our eternal hymn: Holy... Be blessed, merciful God, Eternal Love. You are above the heavens, the saphires, the firmaments. The host of pure spirits sings You praises, With its eternal hymn: Thrice Holy. And, gazing upon You, face to face, O God, I see that You could have called other creatures before them. Therefore they humble themselves before You in great humility, For well they see that this grace comes solely from Your mercy. One of the most beautiful spirits would not recognize Your mercy, And, blinded by his pride, he drew others after him. Angel of great beauty, he became Satan And was cast down in one moment from heaven's heights into hell. Then the faithful spirits cried, "Glory to God's mercy!" And they stood firm in spite of the fiery test. Glory to Jesus, the Christ abased, Glory to His Mother, the humble and pure Virgin. After this battle, the pure spirits plunged into the ocean of Divinity; Contemplating and praising the depths of His mercy, They drown in His mercy and manifold light, Possessing in knowledge the Trinity of Persons, the Oneness of Godhead.
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Infinite Goodness of God in Sending Us His Only-Begotten Son.
1745 God, You did not destroy man after his fall, but in Your mercy You forgave him, You forgave in a divine way; that is, not only have You absolved him from guilt, but You have bestowed upon him every grace. Mercy has moved You to deign to descend among us and lift us up from our misery. God will descend to earth; the Immortal Lord of lords will abase Himself. But where will You descend, Lord; will it be to the temple of Solomon? Or will You have a new tabernacle built for Yourself? Where do You intend to come down? O Lord, what kind of tabernacle shall we prepare for You, since the whole earth is Your footstool? You have indeed prepared a tabernacle for Yourself: the Blessed Virgin. Her Immaculate Womb is Your dwelling place, and the inconceivable miracle of Your mercy takes place, O Lord. The Word becomes flesh; God dwells among us, the Word of God, Mercy Incarnate. By Your descent, You have lifted us up to Your divinity. Such is the excess of Your love, the abyss of Your mercy. Heaven is amazed at the superabundance of Your love. No one fears to approach You now. You are the God of mercy. You have compassion on misery. You are our God, and we are Your people. You are our Father, and we are Your children by grace. Praise be to Your mercy, that You have deigned to descend among us.
1746
Be adored, O God of mercy,
Because You have deigned to descend from heaven to earth. Most humbly we adore You For Your having vouchsafed to exalt all mankind. Unfathomable and incomprehensible in Your mercy, For love of us You take on flesh From the Immaculate Virgin, ever untouched by sin, Because You have willed it so from all ages. The Blessed Virgin, that Snow-White Lily, Is first to praise the omnipotence of Your mercy. Her pure heart opens with love for the coming of the Word; She believes the words of God's messenger and is confirmed in trust. Heaven is astounded that God has become man, That there is on earth a heart worthy of God Himself. Why is it that You do not unite Yourself with a Seraph, but with a sinner, O Lord? Oh, because, despite the purity of the virginal womb, this is a mystery of Your mercy. O mystery of God's mercy, O God of compassion, That You have deigned to leave the heavenly throne And to stoop down to our misery, to human weakness, For it is not the angels, but man who needs mercy. To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, We unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, For then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, Because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.
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God's Infinite Goodness in Redeeming Man.
1747 God, You could have saved thousands of worlds with one word; a single sigh from Jesus would have satisfied Your justice. But You Yourself, Jesus, purely out of love for us, underwent such a terrible Passion. Your Father's justice would have been propitiated with a single sigh from You, and all Your self-abasement is solely the work of Your mercy and Your inconceivable love. On leaving the earth, O Lord, You wanted to stay with us, and so You left us Yourself in the Sacrament of the Altar, and You opened wide Your mercy to us. There is no misery that could exhaust You; You have called us all to this fountain of love, to this spring of God's compassion. Here is the tabernacle of Your mercy, here is the remedy for all our ills. To You, O living spring of mercy, all souls are drawn; some like deer, thirsting for Your love, others to wash the wound of their sins, and still others, exhausted by life, to draw strength. At the moment of Your death on the Cross, You bestowed upon us eternal life; allowing Your most holy side to be opened, You opened an inexhaustible spring of mercy for us, giving us Your dearest possession, the Blood and Water from Your Heart. Such is the omnipotence of Your mercy. From it all grace flows to us.
1748
Be adored, O God, in the work of Your mercy,
Be blessed by all faithful hearts On whom Your gaze rests, In whom dwells Your immortal life. O my Jesus, have mercy, sorrowful was Your life on this earth, And in terrible torment Your work came to an end, Hanging stretched out on the wood of the Cross, And all this for the love of our souls. In Your inconceivable love, You allowed Your most holy side to be opened, And streams of Blood and Water gushed forth from Your Heart. Here is the living fountain of Your mercy, Here souls receive consolation and refreshment. In the Blessed Sacrament, You left us Your mercy; Your love deigned to arrange it so, That, going through life, suffering and toil, I might never doubt of Your goodness and mercy. For even if the whole world's miseries weighed on my soul, We must not doubt for even a moment, But have trust in the power of God's mercy, Because, with graciousness, God receives a contrite soul. O unspeakable mercy of our Lord, Source of compassion and all sweetness, Trust, trust, O soul, though you are stained by sin, For when you approach God, you will not taste bitterness. Because He is a living fire of great love, When we approach Him with sincerity, Our miseries, sins and evil deeds vanish; He will settle our debts when we surrender ourselves to Him.
(Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-I-25, 79, 92, 161, 178,
220, 260, 309, 316)
(Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska
Notebook-II-564, 620, 635, 805, 843, 874)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-III-1097)
(Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-IV-1232, 1244)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-V-1410, 1412-1415)
(Diary of
Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-VI-1742, 1745-1748 )
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Mayo 31, 2019
Pentecost Anticipated-Divine Mercy Miracles Meditations
Mayo 30, 2019
I Am a Witness to You-Divine Mercy Miracles Meditations
I Am a Witness to You
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May 30, 2019. Ascension
Thursday
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Luke 24:46-53
And Jesus said to
them, "Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from
the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things. And behold I am sending the promise of my
Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from
on high." Then he led them out as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and
blessed them. As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to
heaven. They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
and they were continually in the Temple praising God.
Introductory Prayer:
Lord, as I begin
this prayer I offer You my whole self: my thoughts, desires, decisions,
actions, hopes, fears, weaknesses, failures and petty successes. I open my
entire being to You, aware that You know everything already. I’m certain of Your
mercy and of the purifying power of Your penetrating, loving gaze.
Petition: Lord, help me to praise you and spread Your
message everywhere.
1. We Too Are
Witnesses to the Work of Jesus Christ: What a beautiful scene. Our Lord suffered, died, rose on the
third day and then spent 40 days with the apostles and the disciples. Now,
just before he ascends into heaven, he leaves his Church with this message of
love — mercy and forgiveness. The apostles experienced Our Lord’s mercy. Now
he gives them the commission to go out into the whole world and preach
forgiveness of sins in the power of the most holy of names: “Jesus.” Because
the apostles preached as Christ had told them, we are all beneficiaries of
Our Lord’s mercy. We have experienced this in our hearts. We, too, must bear
witness to the work of Jesus Christ.
2. Clothe Me with
Your Holy Power, Lord Jesus: We know that an apple seed, if given proper nourishment, will
become an apple tree and produce many apples through many seasons. We know
this through experience. God made the apple seed, and he gave it power to
become an apple tree. Now Christ tells the apostles he will clothe them with
power from on high so that they will be blessed with something that is well
beyond their own human nature and power. They will be given the power to bear
abundant fruit for the kingdom of Christ. Two thousand years later, Christ is
still clothing people with this power from on high: with the gifts of the
Holy Spirit, which we received when we were baptized and in greater
proportion when we were confirmed. Through prayer we begin to see with
supernatural vision the person we can be and the fruit we can produce.
3. May I Give You
Only Praise and Adoration: The apostles were sad and dejected when Our Lord told them he
would be leaving. Now, they are filled with awe and praise. The scales have
fallen from their eyes. The shadow of the cross no longer strikes the same
fear in their hearts. Christ has conquered sin and death, and they are
witnesses to this, for they have experienced it in their own lives. This past
Lent we accompanied Our Lord during his passion and death. We then witnessed
his resurrection. Now we see him ascending into heaven. Like the apostles,
we, too, are so moved to stand in awe of so great a God that we are compelled
to sing his praises day and night. This attitude goes hand-in-hand with being
messengers of his love to all peoples.
Conversation with
Christ: Lord Jesus, I want
to be a holy dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. Your gift to me is Your
Spirit of truth and love. You nourish me with the things of heaven. May I
decrease so that You may increase.
Resolution: I will speak well of others today and shun
all tendency to judge others or speak badly of them.
Excerpts from the DIARY of Saint Faustina
Kowalska
49 When
I told this to my confessor,[29]
I received this for a reply: "That refers to your soul." He told
me, "Certainly, paint God's image in your soul." When I came out of
the confessional, I again heard words such as these: My image already is
in your soul. I desire that there be a Feast of Mercy. I want this image,
which you will paint with a brush, to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday
after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy.
50 + I desire that priests proclaim this great mercy of Mine towards souls of sinners. Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me. The flames of mercy are burning Me - clamoring to be spent; I want to pour them out upon these souls. Jesus complained to me in these words, Distrust on the part of souls is tearing at My insides. The distrust of a chosen soul causes Me even greater pain; despite My inexhaustible love for them they do not trust Me. Even My death is not enough for them. Woe to the soul that abuses these [gifts].
301 Proclaim that mercy is the
greatest attribute of God. All the works of My hands are crowned with mercy.
341
November 5, 1934. One morning, when it was my duty to open the gate to let
out our people who deliver baked goods, I entered the little chapel to visit
Jesus for a minute and to renew the intentions of the day. Today, Jesus, I
offer You all my sufferings, mortifications and prayers for the intentions of
the Holy Father, so that he may approve the Feast of Mercy. But, Jesus, I
have one more word to say to You: I am very surprised that You bid me to talk
about this Feast of Mercy, for they tell me that there is already such a
feast[81] and so why should I talk about it? And Jesus said to
me, And who knows
anything about this feast? No one! Even those who should be proclaiming My
mercy and teaching people about it often do not know about it themselves.
That is why I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after
Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know
about it. Make a novena for the Holy Father's intention. It should consist of
thirty-three acts; that is, repetition that many times of the short
prayer-which I have taught you-to The Divine Mercy.
375 Particular interior practice; that is,
the examination of conscience. Self-denial, denial of my own will.
I. The denial of my reason. Subjecting it to
the reason of those who represent God to me here on earth.
II. The denial of my will. Doing the will of
God, which is revealed in the will of those who represent God to me and which
is contained in the rule of our order.
III. The denial of my judgment. Accepting
immediately and without reflection, analysis or reasoning all orders given by
those who represent God to me.
IV. The denial of my tongue. I will not give
it the least bit of freedom; but in one case only I will give it complete
freedom; that is, in proclaiming the glory of God. Whenever I receive Holy
Communion, I will ask Jesus to fortify and cleanse my tongue that I may not
injure my neighbor with it. That is why I have the greatest respect for the
rule which speaks about silence.
378 Once as I was talking with my
spiritual director, I had an interior vision-quicker than lightning-of his
soul in great suffering, in such agony that God touches very few souls with
such fire. The suffering arises from this work. There will come a time when
this work, which God is demanding so very much, will be as though utterly
undone. And then God will act with great power, which will give evidence of
its authenticity. It will be a new splendor for the Church, although it has
been dormant in it from long ago. That God is infinitely merciful, no one can
deny. He desires everyone to know this before He comes again as Judge. He
wants souls to come to know Him first as King of Mercy. When this triumph
comes, we shall already have entered the new life in which there is no
suffering. But before this, your soul [of the spiritual director] will be
surfeited with bitterness at the sight of the destruction of your efforts.
However, this will only appear to be so, because what God has once decided
upon, He does not change. But although this destruction will be such only in
outward appearance, the suffering will be real. When will this happen? I do
not know. How long will it last? I do not know.[89]
But God has promised a great grace especially to you and to all those... who
will proclaim My great mercy. I shall protect them Myself at the hour of
death, as My own glory. And even if the sins of soul are as dark as night,
when the sinner turns to My mercy he gives Me the greatest praise and is the
glory of My Passion. When a soul praises My goodness, Satan trembles before
it and flees to the very bottom of hell.
379
During one of the adorations, Jesus promised me that: With souls that have recourse to My
mercy and with those that glorify and proclaim My great mercy to others, I
will deal according to My infinite mercy at the hour of their death.
My Heart is sorrowful, Jesus said, because even chosen souls do not understand the greatness of My mercy. Their relationship [with Me] is, in certain ways, imbued with mistrust. Oh, how much that wounds My Heart 1 Remember My Passion, and if you do not believe My words, at least believe My wounds.
491 When I entered the chapel, once again the majesty of
God overwhelmed me. I felt that I was immersed in God, totally immersed in
Him and penetrated by Him, being aware of how much the heavenly Father loves
us. Oh, what great happiness fills my heart from knowing God and the divine
life! It is my desire to share this happiness with all people. I cannot keep
this happiness locked in my own heart alone, for His flames burn me and cause
my bosom and my entrails to burst asunder. I desire to go throughout the
whole world and speak to souls about the great mercy of God. Priests, help me
in this; use the strongest words [at your disposal] to proclaim His mercy,
for every word falls short of how merciful He really is.
930 + O my Jesus, although I will go to You, and You will
fill me with Yourself, and that will make my happiness complete, I will
nevertheless not forget about humanity. I desire to draw aside the veils of
heaven, so that the earth would have no doubts about The Divine Mercy. My
repose is in proclaiming Your mercy. The soul gives the greatest glory to its
Creator when it turns with trust to The Divine Mercy.
1074
When I went for adoration, I heard these words: My beloved daughter, write
down these words, that today My Heart has rested in this convent [the
Cracow house]. Tell the world about My mercy and My love.
The flames of mercy are burning me. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them! My daughter, do whatever is within your power to spread devotion to My mercy. I will make up for what you lack. Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart, and I will fill it -with peace. Tell [all people], My daughter, that I am Love and Mercy itself. When a soul approaches Me with trust, I fill it with such an abundance of graces that it cannot contain them within itself, but radiates them to other souls.
1075 Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield
through their entire lives as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of
death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior. At that last
hour, a soul has nothing with which to defend itself except My mercy. Happy
is the soul that during its lifetime immersed itself in the Fountain of
Mercy, because justice will have no hold on it.
1104 Today there was a beautiful teaching [by Father Plaza
on the goodness and mercy of God. During this conference my soul experienced
the flames of God's love, and I understood that God's word is a living word.
1142 June 4. Today is the Feast of
the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. During Holy Mass, I was given the knowledge
of the Heart of Jesus and of the nature of the fire of love with which He
burns for us and of how He is an Ocean of Mercy. Then I heard a voice: Apostle
of My mercy, proclaim to the whole world My unfathomable mercy. Do not be
discouraged by the difficulties you encounter in proclaiming My mercy. These
difficulties that affect you so painfully are needed for your sanctification
and as evidence that this work is Mine. My daughter, be diligent in writing
down every sentence I tell you concerning My mercy, because this is meant for
a great number of souls who will profit from it.
1148 June 20, [1937]. We resemble God most
when we forgive our neighbors. God is Love, Goodness, and Mercy...
Every soul, and especially the soul of every
religious, should reflect My mercy. My Heart overflows with compassion and
mercy for all. The heart of My beloved must resemble Mine; from her heart
must spring the fountain of My mercy for souls; otherwise I will not
acknowledge her as Mine.
1160 When once I asked
the Lord Jesus how He could tolerate so many sins and crimes and not punish
them, the Lord answered me, I
have eternity for punishing [these], and so I am prolonging the time of
mercy for the sake of [sinners]. But woe to them if they do not
recognize this time of My visitation. My daughter, secretary of My mercy,
your duty is not only to write about and proclaim My mercy, but also to beg
for this grace for them, so that they too may glorify My mercy.
1256 [August] 30. Reverend Father Sopocko
left this morning. When I was steeped in a prayer of thanksgiving for the
great grace that I had received from God; namely, that of seeing Father, I
became united in a special way with the Lord who said to me, He is a
priest after My own Heart; his efforts are pleasing to Me. You see, My
daughter, that My will must be done and that which I had promised you, I
shall do. Through him I spread comfort to suffering and careworn souls.
Through him it pleased Me to proclaim the worship of My mercy. And through
this work of mercy more souls will come close to Me than otherwise would
have, even if he had kept giving absolution day and night for the rest of his
life, because by so doing, he would have labored only for as long as he
lived; whereas, thanks to this work of mercy, he will be laboring till the
end of the world.
1298 O God, show me
Your mercy
According to the
compassion of the Heart of Jesus.
Hear my sighs and
entreaties,
And the tears of a
contrite heart.
O Omnipotent,
ever-merciful God,
Your compassion is
never exhausted.
Although my misery is
as vast as the sea,
I have complete trust
in the mercy of the Lord.
O Eternal Trinity,
yet ever-gracious God,
Your compassion is
without measure.
And so I trust in the
sea of Your mercy,
And sense You, Lord,
though a veil holds me aloof.
May the omnipotence
of Your mercy, O Lord,
Be glorified all over
the world.
May its veneration
never cease.
Proclaim, my soul,
God's mercy with fervor.
1463 +
The Lord also gave me to know that many bishops were considering the question
of this Feast, as well as a certain lay person. Some were enthusiastic about
this work of God, while others regarded it with disbelief; but in spite of
everything, the result was great glory for the work of God. Mother Irene and
Mother Mary Joseph were giving some kind of a report to these dignitaries,
but they were being questioned, not so much about the work, as about myself.227 As
regards the work itself, there was no doubt, since the glory of God was
already being proclaimed.
1485 The mercy of God, hidden in the Blessed
Sacrament, the voice of the Lord who speaks to us from the throne of mercy: Come to Me, all of you.
Conversation of the Merciful God with a
Sinful Soul.
Jesus: Be
not afraid of your Savior, O sinful soul. I make the first move to come to
you, for I know that by yourself you are unable to lift yourself to me.
Child, do not run away from your Father; be willing to talk openly with your
God of mercy who wants to speak words of pardon and lavish his graces on you.
How dear your soul is to Me! I have inscribed your name upon My hand; you are
engraved as a deep wound in My Heart.
Soul: Lord, I hear your voice calling me to
turn back from the path of sin, but I have neither the strength nor the
courage to do so.
Jesus:
I am your strength, I will help you in the struggle.
Soul: Lord, I recognize your holiness, and I
fear You.
Jesus:
My child, do you fear the God of mercy? My holiness does not prevent Me from
being merciful. Behold, for you I have established a throne of mercy on
earth- the tabernacle-and from this throne I desire to enter into your heart.
I am not surrounded by a retinue or guards. You can come to me at any moment,
at any time; I want to speak to you and desire to grant you grace.
Soul: Lord, I doubt that You will pardon my
numerous sins; my misery fills me with fright.
Jesus: My
mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can
measure the extent of my goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth;
for you I allowed myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let my Sacred
Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you.
Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a
contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy. Do not
argue with Me about your wretchedness. You will give me pleasure if you hand
over to me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures
of My grace.
Soul: You have conquered, O Lord, my stony
heart with Your goodness. In trust and humility I approach the tribunal of
Your mercy, where You yourself absolve me by the hand of your representative.
O Lord, I feel Your grace and Your peace filling my poor soul. I feel
overwhelmed by Your mercy, O Lord. You forgive me, which is more than I dared
to hope for or could imagine. Your goodness surpasses all my desires. And
now, filled with gratitude for so many graces, I invite You to my heart. I
wandered, like a prodigal child gone astray; but you did not cease to be my
Father. Increase Your mercy toward me, for You see how weak I am.
Jesus: Child,
speak no more of your misery; it is already forgotten. Listen, My child, to
what I desire to tell you. Come close to My wounds and draw from the Fountain
of Life whatever your heart desires. Drink copiously from the Fountain of
Life and you will not weary on your journey. Look at the splendors of My
mercy and do not fear the enemies of your salvation. Glorify My mercy.
1488 Conversation of the Merciful God with a
Soul Striving after Perfection.
Jesus: I
am pleased with your efforts, O soul aspiring for perfection, but why do I
see you so often sad and depressed? Tell Me, My child, what is the meaning of
this sadness, and what is its cause?
Soul: Lord, the reason for my sadness is
that, in spite of my sincere resolutions, I fall again into the same faults.
I make resolutions in the morning, but in the evening I see how much I have
departed from them.
Jesus: You
see, My child, what you are of yourself. The cause of your falls is that you
rely too much upon yourself and too little on Me. But let this not sadden you
so much. You are dealing with the God of mercy, which your misery cannot
exhaust. Remember, I did not allot only a certain number of pardons.
Soul: Yes, I know all that, but great
temptations assail me, and various doubts awaken within me and, moreover,
everything irritates and discourages me.
Jesus: My
child, know that the greatest obstacles to holiness are discouragement and an
exaggerated anxiety. These will deprive you of the ability to practice
virtue. All temptations united together ought not disturb your interior
peace, not even momentarily. Sensitiveness and discouragement are the fruits
of self-love. You should not become discouraged, but strive to make My love
reign in place of your self-love. Have confidence, My child. Do not lose
heart in coming for pardon, for I am always ready to forgive you. As often as
you beg for it, you glorify My mercy.
Soul: I understand what is the better thing
to do, what pleases You more, but I encounter great obstacles in acting on
this understanding.
Jesus: My
child, life on earth is a struggle indeed; a great struggle for My kingdom.
But
fear not, because you are not alone. I am always supporting you, so lean on
Me as you struggle, fearing nothing. Take the vessel of trust and draw from
the fountain of life-for yourself, but also for other souls, especially such
as are distrustful of My goodness.
Soul: O Lord, I feel my heart being filled
with Your love and the rays of Your mercy and love piercing my soul. I go,
Lord, at Your command. I go to conquer souls. Sustained by Your grace, I am
ready to follow You, Lord, not only to Tabor, but also to Calvary. I desire
to lead souls to the fount of Your mercy so that the splendor of Your mercy
may be reflected in all souls, and the home of our Father be filled to
overflowing. And when the enemy begins to attack me, I shall take refuge
behind the shield of Your mercy.
1489 Conversation of the Merciful God with a
Perfect Soul.
Soul: My Lord and Master, I desire to converse
with You.
Jesus: Speak,
My beloved child, for I am always listening. I wait for you. What do you
desire to say?
Soul: Lord, first let me pour out my heart at
Your feet in a fragrant anointing of gratitude for the many blessings which
You lavish upon me; even if I wanted to, I could not count them. I only
recall that there has never been a moment in my life in which I have not
experienced Your protection and goodness.
Jesus: Your
words please Me, and your thanksgiving opens up new treasures of graces. But,
My child, we should talk in more detail about the things that lie in your
heart. Let us talk confidentially and frankly, as two hearts that love one
another do.
Soul: O my merciful Lord, there are secrets
in my heart which no one knows or will ever know except You because, even if
I wanted to reveal them, no one would understand me. Your minister knows some
because I confess to him, but he knows only the bit of these mysteries that I
am capable of revealing; the rest remains between us for eternity, O My Lord!
You have covered me with the cloak of Your mercy, pardoning my sins. Not once
did You refuse Your pardon; You always had pity on me, giving me a new life
of grace. To prevent doubts, You have entrusted me to the loving care of Your
Church, that tender mother, who in Your name assures me of the truths of
faith and watches lest I wander. Especially in the tribunal of Your mercy
does my soul meet an ocean of favors, though You did not give the Fallen
Angels time to repent or prolong their time of mercy. O my Lord, you have
provided saintly priests to show me the sure way. Jesus, there is one more
secret in my life, the deepest and dearest to my heart: it is You yourself
when You come to my heart under the appearance of bread. Herein lies the whole
secret of my sanctity. Here my heart is so united with Yours as to be but
one. There are no more secrets, because all that is Yours is mine, and all
that is mine is Yours. Such is the omnipotence and the miracle of Your mercy.
All the tongues of men and of angels united could not find words adequate to
this mystery of Your love and mercy.
When I contemplate this mystery, my heart
falls into a new ecstasy. In silence I tell You everything, Lord, because the
language of love is without words; not a single stirring of my heart escapes
You. O Lord, the extent of Your great condescension has awakened in my soul
an even greater love for You, the sole object of my love. The life of union
manifests itself in perfect purity, deep humility, gentle silence, and great zeal
for the salvation of souls.
O my sweetest Lord, You watch over me each
moment and inspire me as to how I should act in a precise situation, when my
heart wavers between two things. You yourself frequently intervened in the
resolution of a difficulty. Countless times, by means of a sudden
enlightenment, You have given me to know what is the more pleasing to You.
Oh, how numerous are the instances of
forgiveness about which no one knows! How often You have poured into my soul
courage and perseverance to go forward. It is You yourself who removed
obstacles from my road, intervening directly in the actions of people. O
Jesus, everything I have said to You is but a pale shadow of what is taking
place in my heart. O my Jesus, how ardently I desire the conversion of
sinners! You know what I am doing for them to win them for You. Every offense
against You wounds me deeply. I spare neither strength, nor health, nor life
itself in defense of Your kingdom. Although my efforts may remain invisible
on earth, they are no less valuable in Your eyes.
O Jesus, I want to bring souls to the fount
of Your mercy to draw the reviving water of life with the vessel of trust.
The soul desirous of more of God's mercy should approach God with greater
trust; and if her trust in God is unlimited, then the mercy of God toward it
will be likewise limitless. O my God, Who know every beat of my heart, You
know how eagerly I desire that all hearts would beat for You alone, that
every soul glorify the greatness of Your mercy.
Jesus: My
beloved child, delight of My Heart, your words are dearer and more pleasing
to me than the angelic chorus. All the treasures of My Heart are open to you.
Take from this Heart all that you need for yourself and for the whole world.
For the sake of your love, I withhold the just chastisements, which mankind
has deserved. A single act of pure love pleases Me more than a thousand
imperfect prayers. One of your sighs of love atones for many offenses with
which the godless overwhelm Me. The smallest act of virtue has unlimited
value in My eyes because of your great love for Me. In a soul that lives on
My love alone, I reign as in heaven. I watch over it day and night. In it I
find My happiness; My ear is attentive to each request of its heart; often I
anticipate its requests. O child, especially beloved by Me, apple of My eye,
rest a moment near My Heart and taste of the love in which you will delight
for all eternity.
But
child, you are not yet in your homeland; so go, fortified by My grace, and
fight for My kingdom in human souls; fight as a king's child would; and
remember that the days of your exile will pass quickly, and with them the
possibility of earning merit for heaven. I expect from you, My child, a great
number of souls who will glorify My mercy for all eternity. My child, that
you may answer My call worthily, receive Me daily in Holy Communion. It will
give you strength...
Jesus, do not leave me alone in suffering.
You know, Lord, how weak I am. I am an abyss of wretchedness, I am
nothingness itself; so what will be so strange if You leave me alone and I
fall? I am an infant, Lord, so I cannot get along by myself. However, beyond
all abandonment I trust, and in spite of my own feeling I trust, and I am
being completely transformed into trust-often in spite of what I feel. Do not
lessen any of my sufferings, only give me strength to bear them. Do with me
as You please, Lord, only give me the grace to be able to love You in every
event and circumstance. Lord, do not lessen my cup of bitterness, only give
me strength that I may be able to drink it all.
O Lord, sometimes You lift me up to the
brightness of visions, and then again You plunge
me into the darkness of night and the abyss
of my nothingness, and my soul feels as if it were alone in the wilderness.
Yet, above all things, I trust in You, Jesus, for You are unchangeable. My
moods change, but You are always the same, full of mercy.
1501 + Now that I
have difficulty sleeping at night, because my suffering won't allow it, I
visit all the churches and chapels and, if only for a brief moment, I make an
act of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament. When I return to my chapel, I
then pray for certain priests who proclaim and glorify The Divine Mercy. I
also pray for the intentions of the Holy Father and to obtain mercy for
sinners-such are my nights.
1519 + Today before
Holy Communion, the Lord said to me, My daughter, today talk openly to the
Superior [Mother Irene] about My mercy because, of all the superiors,
she has taken the greatest part in proclaiming My mercy. And in fact,
Mother Superior came this afternoon, and we talked about this Work of
God. Mother told me that the images had not come out too well and were
not selling very well. "But," she said, "I have taken a good
quantity myself and am distributing them wherever I can and do the best I can
to spread the Work of Mercy." When she had gone, the Lord gave me
to know how pleasing this soul was to Him.
1521 The Lord said to me, My daughter, do not tire of
proclaiming My mercy. In this way you will refresh this Heart of Mine, which
burns with a flame of pity for sinners. Tell My priests that hardened sinners
will repent on hearing their words when they speak about My unfathomable
mercy, about the compassion I have for them in My Heart. To priests who proclaim
and extol My mercy, I will give wondrous power; I will anoint their words and
touch the hearts of those to whom they will speak.
1540 January 28,
1938. Today the Lord said to me, My daughter, write down these words: All
those souls who will glorify My mercy and spread its worship, encouraging
others to trust in My mercy, will not experience terror at the hour of death.
My mercy will shield them in that final battle...
1548 January 30,
1938. One-day retreat.
The Lord gave me to
know, during meditation, that as long as my heart beats in my breast, I must
always strive to spread the Kingdom of God on earth. I am to fight for the
glory of my Creator. I know that I will give God the glory He expects of me
if I try faithfully to cooperate with God's grace.
1680 Low Sunday. Today, I again offered
myself to the Lord as a holocaust for sinners. My Jesus, if the end of my
life is already approaching, I beg You most humbly, accept my death in union
with You as a holocaust which I offer You today, while I still have full
possession of my faculties and a fully conscious will, and this for a
threefold purpose:
Firstly: that the work of Your mercy may spread throughout the whole world and that the Feast of The Divine Mercy may be solemnly promulgated and celebrated. Secondly: that sinners, especially dying sinners, may have recourse to Your mercy and experience the unspeakable effects of this mercy. Thirdly: that all the work of Your mercy may be realized according to Your wishes, and for a certain person who is in charge of this work... Accept, most merciful Jesus, this, my inadequate sacrifice, which I offer to You today before heaven and earth. May Your Most Sacred Heart, so full of mercy, complete what is lacking in my offering, and offer it to Your Father for the conversion of sinners. I thirst after souls, O Christ.
1688 Today, the Lord said to me, My
daughter, look into My Merciful Heart and reflect its compassion in your own
heart and in your deeds, so that you, who proclaim My mercy to the world, may
yourself be aflame with it.
1749 + God's Infinite Goodness in Adorning
the Whole World with Beauty
in Order to Make Man's Stay on Earth Pleasant. O God, how generously Your mercy is spread everywhere, and You have done all this for man. Oh, how much You must love him, since Your love is so active on his behalf. O my Creator and Lord, I see on all sides the trace of Your hand and the seal of Your mercy, which embraces all created things. O my most compassionate Creator, I want to give You worship on behalf of all creatures and all inanimate creation; I call on the whole universe to glorify Your mercy. Oh, how great is Your goodness, O God!
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-I-49-50, 301, 341, 375, 378-379, 491)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-II-783, 930)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-III-1074-1075, 1104, 1142, 1148, 1156)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-IV-1298)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-V-1463, 1501, 1519, 1521, 1540, 1548)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-V-1485, 1488-1489)
(Diary
of Sister Faustina Kowalska Notebook-VI-1680, 1688, 1692, 1749)
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