Ash Wednesday's Mercy Minutes...

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Ash Wednesday 1937 - St. Faustina's Diary Today is Ash Wednesday. During Holy Mass, I felt for a short time the Passion of Jesus in my members. Lent is a very special time for the work of priests. We should assist them in rescuing souls. MARCH 6, 2019 "Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to be." — St. John Berchmans   MEDITATION OF THE DAY "It is by endurance that you will secure possession of your souls (Luke 21:18). The possession of a soul means the undisturbed mastery of oneself, which is the secret of inner peace, as distinguished from a thousand agitations which make it fearful, unhappy, and disappointed. Only when a soul is possessed can anything else be enjoyed. Our Lord here meant patience in adversity, trial, and persecution. At the end of three hours on the Cross, He would so possess His soul that He would render it back to the Heavenly Father." — Fulton J. Sheen, p. 322

Tuesday's Mercy Minutes...

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Twelfth Station of the Cross ( A Reflection by St. Faustina) When I make the Way of the Cross, I am deeply moved at the twelfth station. Here I reflect on the omnipotence of God's mercy which passed through the Heart of Jesus. In this open wound of the Heart of Jesus I enclose all poor humans, and those individuals whom I love, as often as I make the Way of the Cross. From that Fount of Mercy issued the two rays; that is, the Blood and the Water. With the immensity of their grace they flood the whole world. MARCH 5, 2019 "We are Christians, and strangers on earth. Let none of us be frightened; our native land is not in this world." — St. Augustine

Monday's Mercy Minutes...

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Jesus told me that I please Him best by meditating on His sorrowful Passion Jesus told me that I please Him best by meditating on His sorrowful Passion, and by such meditation, much light falls upon my soul. He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. When I meditate upon the Passion of Jesus, I get a clear understanding of many things I could not comprehend before. I want to resemble You, O Jesus, - You crucified, tortured and humiliated. Jesus, imprint upon my heart and soul Your own humility. I love You, Jesus, to the point of madness, You who were crushed with suffering as described by the prophet [cf. Isaiah 53:2 9], as if he could not see the human form in You because of Your great suffering. It is in this condition, Jesus, that I love You to the point of madness. O eternal and infinite God, what has love done to You? MARCH 4, 2019 "Act, and God will act, work and He will work." — St. Joan of Arc

Sunday's Mercy Minutes...

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My Virtues and my Heroic Efforts Jesus gave me to know the depth of His meekness and humility and to understand that He clearly demanded the same of me. I felt the gaze of God in my soul. This filled me with unspeakable love, but I understood that the Lord was looking with love on my virtues and my heroic efforts, and I knew that this was what was drawing God into my heart. It is from this that I have come to understand that it is not enough for me to strive only for the ordinary virtues, but that I must try to exercise the heroic virtues. Although exteriorly a thing may be quite ordinary, it is the different manner (in which it is carried out) that only the eye of God catches. O my Jesus, what I have written is just a pale shadow of what I understand in my soul; these are purely spiritual things, but in order to write something of what the Lord gives me to know, I must use words with which I am totally dissatisfied, because they do not express the reality. MARCH 3, 2019 "Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading." — St. Isidore of Seville

Saturday's Mercy Minutes...

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I saw the Child Jesus During this hour, I tried to meditate on the Lord's Passion. But my soul was filled with joy, and suddenly I saw the Child Jesus. But His majesty penetrated me to such an extent that I said, "Jesus, You are so little, and yet I know that You are my Creator and Lord." And Jesus answered me, "I am, and I keep company with you as a child to teach you humility and simplicity". I gathered all my sufferings and difficulties into a bouquet for Jesus for the day of our perpetual betrothal. Nothing was difficult for me, when I remembered it was for my Betrothed as proof of my love for Him. MARCH 2, 2019 "Act as if everything depended on you; trust as if everything depended on God." — St. Ignatius of Loyola

Happy Friday evening, everyone!

Hi folks,
I hope your week went well, and if not, there's always hope for a better week next week.  For those living in in South Eastern part of Pennsylvania,  we are facing two more snow storms:  one coming overnight tonight and one on Sunday.  Ugh!  At least we haven't had any enormous amounts of snow.  I remember some of the storms we've had in the past, and I'd rather not have to live through any of those now.

How are you doing with your "holy minutes".  Remember, they can be just a simple smile you give to someone you don't know.  We never know what is going on in someone else's life.  Perhaps they are without a place to live right now, or without a current job, or they just lost a loved one, or they've lost God in their lives....  we just don't know!

We spend so much time judging others, without even realizing it.  It's become second nature to all of us, me included.  But, we can break the habit by starting one small "holy minute" each day.  Then continue to two, three, four and more each day.  Being kind to another is free!  So, why not try it today.  Don't put it off, because we may not have another chance, who knows?

Be safe and may God bless each of you.
Susan

Friday's Mercy Minutes...

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God's graces flow only into humble souls Here are a few words from a conversation I had with the Mother Directress [Mary Joseph] toward the end of my novitiate: "Sister, let simplicity and humility be the characteristic traits of your soul. Go through life like a little child, always trusting, always full of simplicity and humility, content with everything, happy in every circumstance. There, where others fear, you will pass calmly along, thanks to this simplicity and humility. Remember this, Sister, for your whole life: as waters flow from the mountains down into the valleys, so, too, do God's graces flow only into humble souls." MARCH 1, 2019 "It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but to actually be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name." — St. Ignatius of Antioch