Divine Mercy Jesus quote question

[Sleepy1]

Hello all at CAF

I have a question regarding something Jesus said to St. Faustina
in regards to the Divine Mercy chaplet/novena.

It is: To pray for the people who are lukewarm and indifferent.

Jesus said : “These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.’ The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy.”

What exactly does this refer to?

What does this mean to be lukewarm and indifferent?

Thanks in advance and God bless

 

[Techno2000]

Hello all at CAF

I have a question regarding something Jesus said to St. Faustina
in regards to the Divine Mercy chaplet/novena.

It is: To pray for the people who are lukewarm and indifferent.

Jesus said : “These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.’ The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy.”

What exactly does this refer to?

What does this mean to be lukewarm and indifferent?

Thanks in advance and God bless

luke·warm

: slightly warm

: not enthusiastic : not having or showing energy or excitement

 

[Pablopedro]

A person who doesn’t really care about God or isn’t concerned about God is lukewarm.

It can also be referred to as spiritual sloth.

A person who seeks God and Truth but hasn’t found Christ has a much better chance of finding Truth than a person who isn’t slightly interested in finding it.

I believe this is what Jesus is referring to. How do you reach a person who could simply not care less?

 

[oldgraymare2]

Hi Sleepy1,

To be indifferent means that something doesn’t matter either way. It doesn’t have meaning to someone one way or another.

In that passage that you were quoting, the actions of those souls were causing a lot of pain for Jesus. It was hurting Him greatly that people just didn’t care, basically.

 

[NeedsMercy]

Here is something I found in a Divine Mercy booklet, published by the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, who oversee the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA:

To understand who are the souls designated for this day, and who in the Diary are called “lukewarm”, but are also compared to ice and to corpses, we would do well to take note of the definition that the Savior Himself gave them when speaking to St. Faustina about them on one occasion:

There are souls who thwart My efforts. (1682) Souls without love or devotion, souls full of egoism and selfishness, proud and arrogant souls full of deceit and hypocrisy, lukewarm souls who have just enough warmth to keep themselves alive: My Heart cannot bear this. All the graces that I pour out upon them flow off them as off the face of a rock. I cannot stand them because they are neither good nor bad. (1702)