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From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

"I try to follow Jesus."

I am striving for sanctity, because in this way I shall be useful to the Church. I try faithfully to follow Jesus. And I deposit this whole series of daily virtues - silent, hidden, almost imperceptible, but made with great love - in the treasury of God’s Church for the common benefit of souls. I feel interiorly as if I were responsible for all souls. I know very well that I do not live for myself alone, but for the entire Church. (St. Faustina’s Diary 1505)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

TEACH US SILENCE OF HEART

Meditation:

Today, I was talking with the Lord, and He said to me, **There are souls with whom I can do nothing. They are souls that are continuously observing others, but know nothing of what is going on within their own selves. They talk about others continually, even during times of grand silence, which is reserved for speaking only with Me. Poor souls, they do not hear My words; their interior remains empty. They do not look for Me within their own hearts, but in idle talk, where I am never to be found **(Diary, 1717).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, help us to look for You within our hearts. Teach us how to be silent and listen for Your voice. May we find You, and live in Your presence with awesome awareness and loving attentiveness.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

A CALL TO HUMILITY AND HONESTY

Meditation:

[These souls with whom I can do nothing] **sense their emptiness, but they do not recognize their own guilt, while souls in whom I reign completely are a constant source of remorse to them. Instead of correcting themselves, their hearts swell with envy, and if they do not come to their senses, they plunge in even deeper. A heart, which thus far is envious, now begins to be filled with hate. And they are already at the edge of the precipice. They are jealous of My gifts in other souls, but they themselves are unable and unwilling to accept them **(Diary, 1717).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, help us to humbly and honestly recognize our own guilt. May we be open to correction from You and others. Help us to turn to You, Lord, with trust and repent when we sin. Help us to reach out to those who have lost their way or are lukewarm and indifferent to Your gifts.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

"My heart bear good fruit"

In the clear rays of Your love, my soul has lost its tartness and has become a sweet and ripe fruit. Now I can be wholly useful to the Church by my personal sanctity, which throbs with life in the whole Church, for we all make up one organism in Jesus. That is why I endeavour to make the soil of my heart bear good fruit. (St. Faustina’s Diary 1364)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

HELP US TO REACH SINNERS

Meditation:

Tell sinners that no one shall escape My Hand; if they run away from My Merciful Heart, they will fall into My Just Hands. Tell sinners that I am always waiting for them, that I listen intently to the beating of their heart . . . when will it beat for Me? Write, that I am speaking to them through their remorse of conscience, through their failures and sufferings, through thunderstorms, through the voice of the Church. And if they bring all My graces to naught, I begin to be angry with them, leaving them alone and giving them what they want (Diary, 1728).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, since no one can escape Your hand, teach us and help us to reach sinners with the good news of Your hand of mercy rather than Your hand of justice. Help us to reach the world desperately in need of Your mercy.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

Perseverance is a grace of My mercy

“Tell souls not to place within their own hearts obstacles to My mercy, which so greatly wants to act within them. My mercy works in all those hearts which open their doors to it. Both the sinner and the righteous person have need of My mercy. Conversion, as well as perseverance, is a grace of My mercy”.

(St. Faustina’s Diary 1577)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

Meditation:

February 3, [1938]. Today after Holy Communion, Jesus again gave me a few directives: First, do not fight against a temptation by yourself, but disclose it to the confessor at once, and then the temptation will lose all its force. Second, during these ordeals do not lose your peace; live in My presence; ask My Mother and the Saints for help (Diary, 1560).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for giving me directives about temptations. May I always be open with my confessor. May I remain at peace in the midst of temptation by living in Your presence and asking Mother Mary and the Saints for help.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

MORE DIRECTIVES

Meditation:

Third, have the certitude that I am looking at you and supporting you. Fourth, do not fear either struggles of the soul or any temptations, because I am supporting you; if only you are willing to fight, know that the victory is always on your side. Fifth, know that by fighting bravely you give Me great glory and amass merits for yourself. Temptation gives you a chance to show Me your fidelity (Diary, 1560).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, thank You, for Your encouragement and support in fighting temptations. May I give You great glory in fighting temptations and show You my fidelity.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

SURRENDERING TO YOUR WILL

Meditation:

Jesus made known to me how very pleasing to Him were prayers of atonement. He said to me, **The prayer of a humble and loving soul disarms the anger of My Father and draws down an ocean of blessings. **After the adoration, half way to my cell, I was surrounded by a pack of huge black dogs who were jumping and howling and trying to tear me to pieces. I realized that they were not dogs, but demons. One of them spoke up in a rage, “Because you have snatched so many souls away from us this night, we will tear you to pieces.” I answered, “If that is the will of the most merciful God, tear me to pieces, for I have justly deserved it, because I am the most miserable of all sinners, and God is ever holy, just, and infinitely merciful.” To these words all the demons answered as one, “Let us flee, for she is not alone; the Almighty is with her!” (Diary, 320).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for teaching me an effective response to spiritual attacks as demonstrated by St. Faustina. She responded by surrendering to Your will. May I always humbly obey Your will.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

THE WORK OF REDEMPTION

Meditation:

Listen, My daughter, although all the works that come into being by My will are exposed to great sufferings, consider whether any of them has been subject to greater difficulties than that work which is directly Mine—the work of Redemption. You should not worry too much about adversities. The world is not as powerful as it seems to be; its strength is strictly limited (Diary, 1643).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, may I not worry and lose my peace when I face difficulties in promoting Your mercy to souls in need. May I be inspired in the struggle by the words of the Great Mercy Pope: “The ultimate limit to evil is Divine Mercy” (see Pope John Paul II, Memory and Identity, p. 55).
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

PART 1 OF CONFERENCE

Meditation:

My daughter, I want to teach you about spiritual warfare. Never trust in yourself, but abandon yourself totally to My will. In desolation, darkness, and various doubts, have recourse to Me and to your spiritual director. He will always answer you in My name. Do not bargain with any temptation; lock yourself immediately in My Heart and, at the first opportunity, reveal the temptation to the confessor (Diary, 1760).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Jesus, for Your conference on spiritual warfare. May Your teachings sink deeply into my heart and mind. May I place my trust in You and abandon myself to Your will, locking myself in Your Heart. Remind me at the first opportunity to reveal the temptations to my confessor.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

PART TWO OF CONFERENCE

Meditation:

Put your self-love in the last place, so that it does not taint your deeds. Bear with yourself with great patience. Do not neglect interior mortifications. Always justify to yourself the opinions of your superiors and of your confessor. Shun murmurers like a plague. Let all act as they like; you are to act as I want you to (Diary, 1760).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for teaching me about my personal response in spiritual warfare: to set aside self-love, be patient, and make use of mortifications. May I act as You want me to.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

PART THREE OF CONFERENCE

Meditation:

Observe the rule as faithfully as you can. If someone causes you trouble, think what good you can do for the person who caused you to suffer. Do not pour out your feelings. Be silent when you are rebuked. Do not ask everyone’s opinion, but only the opinion of your confessor; be as frank and simple as a child with him (Diary, 1760).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, thank You, for encouraging me to be faithful to my vocation in the midst of spiritual warfare. Help me to keep these points in mind: consider what good I can do to the person who caused me to suffer; not to pour out my feelings; and to be silent when rebuked.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
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From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

At three o’clock, I saw the Lord Jesus, crucified.

At three o’clock, I saw the Lord Jesus, crucified, who looked at me and said, “I thirst”. Then I saw two rays issue from His side, just as they appear in the image. I then felt in my soul the desire to save souls and to empty myself for the sake of poor sinners. I offered myself, together with the dying Jesus, to the Eternal Father.

(St. Faustina’s Diary 648)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

PART FOUR OF CONFERENCE

Meditation:

Do not become discouraged by ingratitude. Do not examine with curiosity the roads down which I lead you. When boredom and discouragement beat against your heart, run away from yourself and hide in My Heart. Do not fear struggle; courage itself often intimidates temptations, and they dare not attack us (Diary, 1760).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for the instruction on what to do when discouragement, fatique, and struggles come upon me. Help me to run away from myself and hide in Your Heart. Give me courage in the midst of the struggle.
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

PART FIVE OF CONFERENCE

Meditation:

Always fight with the deep conviction that I am with you. Do not be guided by feeling, because it is not always under your control; but all merit lies in the will. Always depend upon your superiors, even in the smallest things. I will not delude you with prospects of peace and consolations; on the contrary, prepare for great battles. Know that you are now on a great stage where all heaven and earth are watching you. Fight like a knight, so that I can reward you. Do not be unduly fearful, because you are not alone (Diary, 1760).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for Your conference on spiritual warfare. Promoting Your message of Divine Mercy is a great battle, but with Your grace and presence, I want to fight like a knight!
(Diary pages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.)
 
From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me

“Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in My unfathomable and inscrutable mercy” (Diary, 1146).

(Words in bold font are Jesus speaking to St. Faustina)
 
From Divine Mercy Apostolate, Ireland:

Your grace can work in them

My Jesus, I will now strive to give honour and glory to Your Name, doing battle till the day on which You Yourself will say, enough! Every soul You have entrusted to me, Jesus, I will try to aid with prayer and sacrifice, so that Your grace can work in them. (Diary, 245).
 
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