Wednesday's Mercy Minutes...

Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Wednesday, October 14 Writing Only a Single Drop My Secretary, write that I am more generous toward sinners than toward the just. It was for their sake that I came down from heaven; it was for their sake that My Blood was spilled. Let them not fear to approach Me; they are most in need of My mercy (Diary, 1275). During Holy Hour in the evening, I heard the words, You see My mercy for sinners, which at this moment is revealing itself in all its power. See how little you have written about it; it is only a single drop. Do what is in your power, so that sinners may come to know My goodness (Diary, 1665). My Prayer Response: Thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your exceptional love for sinners. May we sinners take full advantage of the mercy You described to St. Faustina. May we come to know Your goodness.

Tuesday's Mercy Minutes...

Divine Mercy Articles - Divine Mercy A pure and humble heart After Holy Communion, I saw the Lord Jesus, who said these words to me , “ Today, penetrate into the spirit of My poverty and arrange everything in such a way that the most destitute will have no reason to envy you. I find pleasure, not in large buildings and magnificent structures, but in a pure and humble heart ”. (Diary 532) The Importance of the Image of Divine Mercy The Image of Divine Mercy is key to understanding all forms of devotion to God's Mercy, and at the same time, is their synthesis as well. We must understand the Importance of the Image in our everyday life, as well as its importance in bringing us to Eternal Life. This Image, requested to be painted by Our Lord, is, simply put, the expression of our whole faith in a painting. OCTOBER 13, 2020 "Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts." — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

>Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Monday, October 12 Writing Underlining Jesus' Words When I set to work at underlining the Lord's words and thus was going through everything in sequence, I reached the page where I had marked down Father Andrasz's advice and directions. I did not know what to do, to underline or not to underline, and then I heard these words in my soul: Underline, because these words are Mine; I have borrowed the lips of the friend of My Heart in order to speak to you and reassure you. You are to observe these directions until your death. It would not please Me at all if you were to disobey these directions. Know that it is I who have placed him between Myself and your soul. I am doing this to set you at peace and so that you may not err (Diary, 967). My Prayer Response: Thank You,Lord Jesus, that You inspired Fr. Andrasz to have Sr. Faustina underline Your words in her Diary. Underlining them, now printing them in boldface, made iteasier to gather Your words in this daily devotional — all for our spiritual benefit. OCTOBER 12, 2020 "We must faithfully keep what we have promised. If through human weakness we fail, we must always without delay arise again by means of holy penance, and give our attention to leading a good life and to dying a holy death. May the Father of all mercy, the Son by his holy passion, and the Holy Spirit, source of peace, sweetness and love, fill us with their consolation." — St. Colette

Sunday's Mercy Minutes...

Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Sunday, October 11 You have not written everything in the notebook about My goodness towards humankind; I desire that you omit nothing; I desire that your heart be firmly grounded in total peace (Diary, 459). January 23, [1937]. I did not feel like writing today. Then I heard a voice in my soul: My daughter, you do not live for yourself but for souls; write for their benefit. You know that My will as to your writing has been confirmed many times by your confessors. You know what is pleasing to Me, and if you have any doubts about what I am saying, you also know whom you are to ask. I grant him light to pronounce judgment on my case. My eye watches over him. My daughter, you are to be like a child towards him, full of simplicity and candor. Put his judgment above all My demands. He will guide you according to My will (Diary, 895). My Prayer Response: Lord Jesus, thank You for making known to St. Faustina the importance of writing her Diary. Thank You for stressing to her that she was to live and write for the benefit of souls like ourselves. OCTOBER 11, 2020 "Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do." — St. Thomas Aquinas

Saturday's Mercy Minutes...

Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Saturday, October 10 Union of Love United with You Forever This evening, the Lord asked me, Do you not have any desires in your heart? I answered, "I have one great desire, and it is to be united with You forever." And the Lord answered me, That will happen soon. My dearest child, your every stirring is reflected in My Heart. My gaze rests kindly upon you before any other creature (Diary, 1700). My Prayer Response: Lord Jesus, the desire of my heart is to have the one great desire of St. Faustina: "to be united with You forever." May I grow in that desire by Your loving mercy and grace. OCTOBER 10, 2020 "You can't go to heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God's will now." — Mother Angelica

Fridays Mercy Minutes...

DI Banner JandF Divine Mercy Articles - Divine Mercy Shop - Petitions Chosen Souls (Jesus speaks to Saint Maria Faustina) On a certain occasion, the Lord said to me , “I am more deeply wounded by the small imperfections of chosen souls than by the sins of those living in the world”. It made me very sad that chosen souls make Jesus suffer, and Jesus told me , “These little imperfections are not all. I will reveal to you a secret of My Heart: what I suffer from chosen souls. Ingratitude in return for so many graces is My Heart’s constant food, on the part of a chosen soul. Their love is lukewarm, and My Heart cannot bear it; these souls force Me to reject them. Others distrust My goodness and have no desire to experience that sweet intimacy in their own hearts, but go in search of Me, off in the distance, and do not find Me. This distrust of My goodness hurts Me very much. If My death has not convinced you of My love, what will? Often a soul wounds Me mortally, and then no one can comfort Me. They use My graces to offend Me. There are souls who despise My graces as well as all the proofs of My love. They do not wish to hear My call, but proceed into the abyss of hell. The loss of these souls plunges Me into deadly sorrow. God though I am, I cannot help such a soul because it scorns Me; having a free will, it can spurn Me or love Me. You, who are the dispenser of My mercy, tell all the world about My goodness, and thus you will comfort My Heart”. (Diary 580) OCTOBER 9, 2020 "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves." — Pope St. John Paul II

Thursday's Mercy Minutes...

Divine Mercy Daily Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Thursday, October 8 Union of Love With Freshness of Heart The Lord said to me, I am delighted with your love. Your sincere love is as pleasing to My Heart as the fragrance of a rosebud at morningtide, before the sun has taken the dew from it. The freshness of your heart captivates Me; that is why I unite Myself with you more closely than with any other creature ... (Diary, 1546). Then I heard the words: As you are united with Me in life, so will you be united at the moment of death. After these words, such great trust in God's great mercy was awakened in my soul that, even if I had had the sins of the whole world, as well as the sins of all the condemned souls weighing on my conscience, I would not have doubted God's goodness but, without hesitation, would have thrown myself into the abyss of the divine mercy, which is always open to us ... (Diary, 1552). My Prayer Response: Lord Jesus, help me to love You with freshness of heart that will delight You. Help me to abandon myself totally to Your holy will, which is mercy itself. Let me never doubt Your graces. OCTOBER 8, 2020 "God writes his name on the soul of every man." — Venerable Fulton Sheeneat mercy.