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Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

THE POWER OF A CONFIDENT SOUL

Meditation:

On one occasion the Lord said to me, **My daughter, your confidence and love restrain My justice, and I cannot inflict punishment because you hinder Me from doing so. Oh, how great is the power of a soul filled with confidence! **(Diary, 198).

**My daughter, for the sake of your sincere and generous love, I grant [certain souls who displease Me] many graces although they are not asking Me for them. But I am doing so because of the promise I have made to you **(Diary, 383).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, I join St. Faustina in her great trust and love of You to restrain Your justice and to call down many graces of Your mercy on this world, which is so in need of mercy. I particularly remember the souls of those I know who are far from You.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.
 
grateful_child said:
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

THE POWER OF A CONFIDENT SOUL

Meditation:

On one occasion the Lord said to me, **My daughter, your confidence and love restrain My justice, and I cannot inflict punishment because you hinder Me from doing so. Oh, how great is the power of a soul filled with confidence! **(Diary, 198).

**My daughter, for the sake of your sincere and generous love, I grant [certain souls who displease Me] many graces although they are not asking Me for them. But I am doing so because of the promise I have made to you **(Diary, 383).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, I join St. Faustina in her great trust and love of You to restrain Your justice and to call down many graces of Your mercy on this world, which is so in need of mercy. I particularly remember the souls of those I know who are far from You.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.
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Thank you but not sure how this applies to my question. I need specific info to give to a family member on whether prayers for plenary indulgences applied for during the Jubilee Year required no attachment of sin.
 
irishcolleen45 said:
Thank you but not sure how this applies to my question. I need specific info to give to a family member on whether prayers for plenary indulgences applied for during the Jubilee Year required no attachment of sin.
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Hi, irishcolleen. I’m not an authority on plenary indulgences granted during the Year of Mercy. But, from what I know, to gain a plenary indulgence at any time during the year, including during the Feast of Mercy and during the Year of Mercy, a person must have NO attachment to sin.

You may want to start a forum thread and post your question. Many informed CAF members will likely be able to give you a thorough answer.
 
grateful_child said:
Hi, irishcolleen. I’m not an authority on plenary indulgences granted during the Year of Mercy. But, from what I know, to gain a plenary indulgence at any time during the year, including during the Feast of Mercy and during the Year of Mercy, a person must have NO attachment to sin.

You may want to start a forum thread and post your question. Many informed CAF members will likely be able to give you a thorough answer.
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I’ll try that. Thank you.
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

BEG MERCY FOR LOVED ONES

Meditation:

On one occasion, after a person had asked me for prayer, when I met the Lord I said to Him, “Jesus, I especially love those souls whom You love.” And Jesus answered, And as for Me, I bestow special graces on those souls for whom you intercede (Diary, 599).

After Holy Communion today, I spoke at length to the Lord Jesus about people who are special to me. Then I heard these words: **My daughter, don’t be exerting yourself so much with words. Those whom you love in a special way, I too love in a special way, and for your sake, I shower My graces upon them. I am pleased when you tell Me about them, but don’t be doing so with such excessive effort **(Diary, 739).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, shower with mercy all the people that we love in a special way as we intercede for them and for the whole world. Lord, I especially remember my family members and close friends.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.
 
irishcolleen45 said:
I do receive this as a daily email.

Thank you.
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That’s great! I post here what I think will help other CAF members who have no access to St. Faustina’s Diary . Please feel free to join me in posting verses from the Diary. It’s one way of spreading devotion to the Divine Mercy. Thank you. 🙂
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

THE FRUIT OF BEGGING

Meditation:

On the First Friday of the month, before Communion, I saw a large ciborium filled with sacred hosts. A hand placed the ciborium in front of me, and I took it in my hands. There were a thousand living hosts inside. Then I heard a voice, **These are hosts which have been received by the souls for whom you have obtained the grace of true conversion during this Lent. **That was a week before Good Friday (Diary, 640).

Then suddenly I saw the Lord, who clasped me to His Heart and said to me,** My daughter, do not weep, for I cannot bear your tears. I will grant you everything you ask for, but stop crying**. And I was filled with great joy, and my spirit, as usual, was drowned in Him as in its only treasure (Diary, 928).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, thank You for Your loving and tender response to St. Faustina’s intercession for souls. It encourages us to be loving and tender in our intercession for souls in need of Your mercy.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 235

O Jesus, I long for the salvation of immortal souls. It is in sacrifice that my heart will find free expression, in sacrifice which no one will suspect. I will burn and be consumed unseen in the holy flames of the love of God. The presence of God will help my sacrifice to be perfect and pure.
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 421

Seeing that so many souls have been granted divine mercy these days, I regard as nothing even the greatest suffering and toil, even if they were to continue till the end of the world; for they will come to an end, while these souls have been saved from torments that are without end.
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

**A BURNING DESIRE TO SAVE SOULS **

Meditation:

The Lord said to me, The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered (Diary, 1397).

March 25, 1938. Today, I saw the suffering Lord Jesus. He leaned down toward me and whispered softly, My daughter, help Me to save sinners. Suddenly, a burning desire to save souls entered my soul. When I recovered my senses, I knew just how I was to help souls, and I prepared myself for greater sufferings (Diary, 1645).

My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, I want to respond to Your “mortal sadness” caused by the loss of each soul. Give me a “burning desire to save souls” like that of St. Faustina. Give me the graces to even suffer for the conversion of sinners.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking
 
Diary of St. Faustina - 245

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 of St. Faustina - 30

I absolutely wanted to know and fathom who God is. In an instant my spirit was caught up into what seemed to be the next world. I saw an inaccessible light. And from this light came a voice which said, “Who God is in His Essence, no one will fathom neither the mind of Angels nor of man”. Jesus said to me,** “Get to know God by contemplating His attributes”**.

Words of Jesus to St. Faustina
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

**A REMINDER OF THE DEMANDS **

Meditation:
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Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must also be acts of mercy, and I demand the worship of My mercy through the solemn celebration of the Feast and through the veneration of the image which is painted. 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 (Diary, 742).**

My Prayer Response with St. Faustina:

O my Jesus, You Yourself must help me in everything, because You see how very little I am, and so I depend solely on Your goodness, O God (Diary, 742).
*Diary passages 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.

**SPIRITUAL MERCY **

Meditation:

I understand Your words, Lord, and the magnitude of the mercy that ought to shine in my soul. Jesus:** I know, My daughter, that you understand it and that you do everything within your power. But write this for the many souls who are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul. If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment **(Diary, 1317).

My Prayer Response:

My Jesus, thank You for teaching us through St. Faustina about “spiritual mercies” when we do not have material goods to give. We can always encourage others by our word, by our prayer, and by our kindness — and especially by sacrifice lovingly accomplished, which You, Jesus, called exercising mercy in spirit (Diary, 1316).
 
Reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina
from The Divine Mercy Daily
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and St. Joseph Communications.

**BE ALWAYS MERCIFUL **

Meditation:

[After St. Faustina fed a poor young man a bowl of soup, she writes:]

As I was taking the bowl from him, he gave me to know that He was the Lord of heaven and earth. . . . I heard these words in my soul: My daughter, the blessings of the poor who bless Me as they leave this gate have reached My ears. And your compassion, within the bounds of obedience, has pleased Me, and this is why I came down from My throne— to taste the fruits of your mercy (Diary, 1312).

Then I heard the words, I am glad you behaved like My true daughter. Be always merciful as I am merciful. Love everyone out of love for Me, even your greatest enemies, so that My mercy may be fully reflected in your heart (Diary, 1695).

My Prayer Response with St. Faustina:

Lord Jesus, help me to “be merciful just as Your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). May I always be merciful— always, everywhere, and to everyone.
*Diary passages 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.

OUR TASK

Meditation:

September 6, 1937. Today, I begin a new assignment. I go from the garden to the desert of the gate. I went in to talk to the Lord for a while. I asked Him for a blessing and for graces to faithfully carry out the duties entrusted to me. I heard these words: My daughter, I am always with you. I have given you the opportunity to practice deeds of mercy which you will perform according to obedience. You will give Me much pleasure if, each evening, you will speak to Me especially about this task. I felt that Jesus had given me a new grace in relation to my new duties; but, despite this, I have locked myself deeper in His Heart (Diary, 1267).

My Prayer Response with St. Faustina:

Jesus, please give me opportunities to practice deeds of mercy. Open my eyes and ears to the needs of those around me. And lead me deeper into Your Heart of love and mercy for all.
*Diary passages 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.

LIKE A CHILD TOWARDS HIM

Meditation:

In the evening, the Lord said to me, My daughter, let nothing frighten or disconcert you. Remain deeply at peace. Everything is in My hands. I will give you to understand everything through Father Andrasz. Be like a child towards him (Diary, 219).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for Father Andrasz who would not allow St. Faustina to turn away from her interior inspirations and her work of promoting the message of Divine Mercy (see Diary, 52-53). He insisted on humility, humility, humility (see Diary 54-55). Through a good spiritual guide, Lord, teach me humility.
*Diary passages 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.

VALUE IN SUFFERING FOR JESUS

Meditation:

I saw that God Himself seemed to be opposing [Fr. Sopocko], and I asked the Lord why He was acting in this way toward him, as though He were placing obstacles in the way of his doing what He Himself had asked him to do. And the Lord said**, I am acting thus with him to give testimony that this work is Mine. Tell him not to fear anything; My gaze is on him day and night. There will be as many crowns to form his crown as there will be souls saved by this work. It is not for the success of a work, but for the suffering that I give reward** (Diary, 90).

My Prayer Response:

Thank You, Lord, for supporting Fr. Sopocko in the work of promoting Your mercy. Thank You for the faithfulness of Fr. Sopocko in the midst of sufferings he encountered in this work of Divine Mercy. Thank You for the support of St. Faustina’s prayers for Fr. Sopocko. As You guided St. Faustina and Fr. Sopocko, guide me, Lord, in spreading the message of Your mercy.
*Diary passages with bolded words are Jesus speaking
 
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