Sunday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Sunday, February 28    Misery    Only with Your Help

Today, I heard these words: You see how weak you are, so when shall I be able to count on you? (Diary, 722).   Without special help from Me, you are not even capable of accepting My graces. You know who you are (Diary, 738).   My daughter, you have not offered Me that which is really yours. ... Daughter, give Me your misery, because it is your exclusive property (Diary, 1318).\

My Prayer Response:   -   Lord Jesus, You know my misery. I cannot even accept Your graces of mercy without help from You. Jesus, help me to trust in You and accept Your mercy.

Saturday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Saturday, February 27     Misery    The Greater the Sinner

Today, I heard these words: The graces I grant you are not for you alone, but for a great number of other souls as well. ... And your heart is My constant dwelling place, despite the misery that you are. I unite Myself with you, take away your misery, and give you My mercy. I perform works of mercy in every soul. The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy. My mercy is confirmed in every work of My hands. He who trusts in My mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine, and his enemies will be shattered at the base of My footstool (Diary, 723).My Prayer Response:   Lord Jesus, work miracles of mercy in the souls of the miserable, especially those trapped in sin, because they so need Your mercy. Help us all to trust in Your mercy.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

"Love is the most beautiful sentiment the Lord has put into the soul of men and women." — St. Gianna Molla

Friday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Friday, February 26      Misery   Complete Trust  After Holy Communion, I heard these words — You see what you are of yourself, but do not be frightened at this. If I were to reveal to you the whole misery that you are, you would die of terror. However, be aware of what you are. Because you are such great misery, I have revealed to you the whole ocean of My mercy. I seek and desire souls like yours, but they are few. Your great trust in Me forces Me to continuously grant you graces. You have great and incomprehensible rights over My Heart, for you are a daughter of complete trust. You would not have been able to bear the magnitude of the love which I have for you if I had revealed it to you fully here on earth (Diary, 718).

My Prayer Response:

Saint Faustina, pray for us that we may trust like you. May our great trust in Jesus open for us a whole treasury of graces.

Thursday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Thursday, February 25   Misery  -  Consume Our Miseries  Be at peace, My daughter, it is precisely through such misery that I want to show the power of My mercy (Diary, 133).  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 (Diary, 178).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, consume our miseries in the flame of Your merciful love. May our humble submission to You draw upon us and upon other souls an entire sea of Your mercy.

"Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?"

— St. Gerard Majella

Wednesday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Wednesday, February 24  The Image of The DivineMercy Rays of Mercy   These rays of mercy will pass through you, just as they have passed through this Host, and they will go out through all the world (Diary, 441).  Already there are many souls who have been drawn to My love by this image. My mercy acts in souls through this work (Diary, 1379).

My Prayer Response:

Jesus, may the rays of Your mercy pass through me to many souls in need. I desire that these rays of mercy draw more souls to Your love.

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Tuesday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Tuesday, February 23 The Image of The Divine Mercy

Witness to Your Mercy  I desire that the image be publicly honored (Diary, 414).  [After seeing the image come alive, I heard these words,] You are a witness of My mercy. You shall stand before My throne forever as a living witness to My mercy (Diary, 417).

My Prayer Response:

Jesus, as I honor Your image as The Divine Mercy, inspire me to witness to Your mercy. May I stand before Your throne forever as a living witness to Your mercy.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

"I will attempt day by day to break my will into pieces. I want to do God’s Holy Will, not my own." — St. Gabriel Possenti

Monday's Mercy Minutes...

 

Divine Mercy Daily

Reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Monday, February 22 The Image of The Divine MercyA Vessel for Graces      Once, Jesus said to me, My gaze from this image is like My gaze from the cross (Diary, 326).    I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature: "Jesus, I trust in You" (Diary, 327).

My Prayer Response:

Jesus, look at me from the cross, so I may trust in You even more each time I gaze at You portrayed in Your image. I want to keep coming to this image as a vessel for graces. Keep my gaze fixed on You.

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

"It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a man's progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken." — St. Francis Xavier