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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Hebrews 2:5-12
Psalm 8:2, 5-9
Mark 1:21-28
Our love for the Blessed Sacrament should be carried to the highest degree: the highest degree of love and adoration is the silence which prays and pours itself out in adoration before the grandeur of a hidden God.
-- St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
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Acts of Mercy II
Is there anything else we should do? Jesus tells St. Faustina that obedience is VERY important. And while most of us don't have Mother Superiors to be obedient to, we can still be obedient to His Church and to the Word of God:
"By obedience you give great glory to Me and gain merit for yourself."
One way to pray to please Jesus the most is revealed by Him in her diary:
"The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered."
Another great reason to turn to Divine Mercy is to drive satan away:
"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."
And concerning our family members who have left the church and refuse to come back, here is some great advice to us from Jesus concerning trying to "Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48):
"Know this, My daughter: if you strive for perfection you will sanctify many souls; and if you do not strive for sanctity, by the same token, many souls will remain imperfect. Know that their perfection will depend on your perfection, and the greater part of the responsibility for these souls will fall on you."
And remember how you felt when you left the movie "The Passion of the Christ"? According to Jesus, there is great power in meditating on His passion:
"There is more merit to one hour of meditation on My sorrowful Passion than there is to a whole year of flagellation that draws blood; the contemplation of My painful wounds is of great profit to you, and it brings Me great joy. I am surprised that you still have not completely renounced your self-will, but I rejoice exceedingly that this change will be accomplished during the retreat."
Prayers for the people who are going to die today (even if you don't know them), are also a requirement of receiving Divine Mercy:
"Pray as much as you can for the dying. By your entreaties, obtain for them trust in My mercy, because they have most need of trust, and have it the least. Be assured that the grace of eternal salvation for certain souls in their final moment depends on your prayer. You know the whole abyss of My mercy, so draw upon it for yourself and especially for poor sinners. Sooner would heaven and earth turn into nothingness than would My mercy not embrace a trusting soul. "
Jesus also tells us about what we can do for the poor souls in purgatory:
Today bring to Me the souls who are in the prison of Purgatory, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.
One of the biggest roadblocks to getting into heaven today is the lack of chastity in the world, which seems hellbound in its pursuit of lust. St. Faustina gives us some helpful hints on how to safeguard the virtue of Chastity:
"To conquer interior temptations with the thought of the presence of God, and moreover to fight without fear. And for exterior temptations, to avoid occasions. There are, in all, seven principal means: to guard the senses, to avoid occasions, to avoid idleness, to remove temptations promptly, to remove oneself from all - and especially particular friendships, the spirit of mortification, and to reveal all these temptations to one's confessor. Besides this, there are also five means of preserving this virtue: humility, the spirit of prayer, modesty of the eyes, fidelity to the rule, a sincere devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary."
http://www.catholicbible101.com/divinemercyofjesus.htm
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