All About the Jubilee Year of Mercy

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Diary of St. Faustina -1549

Before each important action, I will stop to consider for a moment what relationship it has to eternal life and what may be the main reason for my undertaking it: is it for the glory of God, or for the good of my own soul, or for the good of the souls of others? If my heart says yes, then I will not swerve from carrying out the given action, unmindful of either obstacles or sacrifices.
 
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The Grace of the Present Moment:
(From Divine Mercy in My Soul, St. Faustina’s Diary)

“… When I look at everything with the eyes of faith, no two hours are alike, and the dullness and monotony disappear. The grace which is given me in this hour will not be repeated in the next. It may be given me again, but it will not be the same grace. Time goes on, never to return again. Whatever is enclosed in it will never change; it seals with a seal for eternity.” (Diary, #62.)

“I live from one hour to the next and am not able to get along in any other way. I want to make the best possible use of the present moment, faithfully accomplishing everything that it gives me. In all things, I depend on God with unwavering trust.” (Diary, # 1400.)​

And from spiritualdirection.com, here’s a beautiful reflection echoing St. Faustina’s Diary. Making good use of our time implies making good use of our God-given Grace of the Present Moment… a very appropriate self-evaluation to make as we start a new year and continue on with the Year of Mercy:

Let Us Make Good Use Of Time.
www.spiritualdirection.com/2015/12/31/let-us-make-good-use-of-time
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Diary of St. Faustina - 245

O, you days of work and of monotony, you are not monotonous to me at all, for each moment brings me new graces and opportunity to do good.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 889

Jesus, You have given me to know and understand in what a soul’s greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love, they become great and powerful before God.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 702

The two loves come face to face: the Creator and the creature; one little drop seeks to measure itself with the ocean. At first, the little drop wants to enclose the infinite ocean within itself; but at the same moment, it knows itself to be just one small drop, and thus it is vanquished, and it passes completely into God like a drop into the ocean.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 1448

Words of Jesus to St. Faustina on Confession

Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy. There the greatest miracles take place and are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative and to reveal to him one’s misery, and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human standpoint, there would be no hope of restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full. Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of the miracle of God’s mercy! You will call out in vain, but it will be too late. (1448)

(Note: Source of all verses I post from St. Faustina’s Diary are from the Divine Mercy Newsletter.)
 
Amiciel said:
For easy reference, we are posting here this checklist of what we can do during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. We will also start posting excerpts from the Diary of St. Faustina which may help us enter into the spirit of the Year of Mercy.

Things to do in the Jubilee Year:
thedivinemercy.org/jubilee/thebasics/Things-to-do-in-the-Jubilee-Year.php
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Diary of St. Faustina - 890

Love is a mystery that transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and pleasing to God. The love of God makes a soul free. She is like a queen; she knows no slavish compulsion; she sets about everything with great freedom of soul, because the love which dwells in her incites her to action.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 303

Great love can change small things into great ones, and it is only love which lends value to our actions.
 
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Love casts out fear. Since I came to love God with my whole being and with all the strength of my heart, fear has left me. Even if I were to hear the most terrifying things about God’s justice, I would not fear Him at all, because I have come to know Him well. God is love, and His Spirit is peace.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 47

In the evening, when I was in my cell, I saw the Lord Jesus clothed in a white garment. One hand was raised in the gesture of blessing, the other was touching the garment at the breast. From beneath the garment, slightly drawn aside at the breast, there were emanating two large rays, one red, the other pale. After a while, Jesus said to me, “Paint an image according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I trust in You”.
 
**Diary of St. Faustina - 742
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By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works.

Words of Jesus to St. Faustina
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 1195

Although the path is very thorny, I do not fear to go ahead. Even if a hailstorm of persecutions covers me; even if my friends forsake me, even if all things conspire against me, and the horizon grows dark; even if a raging storm breaks out, and I feel I am quite alone and must brave it all; still, fully at peace, I will trust in Your mercy, O my God, and my hope will not be disappointed.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 283

Let no soul, even the most miserable, fall prey to doubt; for, as long as one is alive, each one can become a great saint, so great is the power of God’s grace. It remains only for us not to oppose God’s action.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 452

If only souls would become recollected, God would speak to them at once, for dissipation drowns out the word of the Lord.
 
grateful_child said:
Diary of St. Faustina - 303

Great love can change small things into great ones, and it is only love which lends value to our actions.
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Diary of St. Faustina - 140

Pure love is capable of great deeds, and it is not broken by difficulty or adversity. As it remains strong in the midst of great difficulties, so too it perseveres in the toilsome and drab life of each day. It knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 386

Often have I lived hoping against hope, and have advanced my hope to complete trust in God. Let that which He has ordained from all ages happen to me.
 
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