Divine Mercy in My Soul (St. Faustina’s Diary, excerpt from entry #495) Jesus, Eternal Light, enlighten my mind, strengthen my will, inflame my heart and be with me as You have promised, for without You I am nothing. You know, Jesus, how weak l am. l do not need to tell You this, for You Yourself know perfectly well how wretched I am. It is in You that all my strength lies.
St. Faustina's Diary, entry #1485 The mercy of God, hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, the voice of the Lord who speaks to us from the throne of mercy: Come to Me, all of you. Conversation of the Merciful God with a Sinful Soul Jesus: Be not afraid of your Savior; O sinful soul. I make the first move to come to you, for I know that by yourself you are unable to lift yourself to me. Child, do not run away from your Father; be willing to talk openly with your God of mercy who wants to speak words of pardon and lavish his graces on you. How dear your soul is to Me! I have inscribed your name upon My hand; you are engraved as a deep wound in My Heart. Soul: Lord, I hear your voice calling me to turn back from the path of sin, but I have neither the strength nor the courage to do so. Jesus: I am your strength, I will help you in the struggle. Soul: Lord, I recognize your holiness, and I fear You. Jesus: My child, do you fear the God of mercy? My holiness does not prevent Me from being merciful. Behold, for you I have established a throne of mercy on earth - the tabernacle - and from this throne I desire to enter into your heart. I am not surrounded by a retinue or guards. You can come to me at any moment, at any time; I want to speak to you and desire to grant you grace. Soul: Lord, I doubt that You will pardon my numerous sins; my misery fills me with fright. Jesus: My mercy is greater than your sins and those of the entire world. Who can measure the extent of my goodness? For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you I allowed myself to be nailed to the cross; for you I let my Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance, thus opening wide the source of mercy for you. Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. I never reject a contrite heart. Your misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy. Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. You will give me pleasure if you hand over to me all your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you the treasures of My grace. Soul: You have conquered, O Lord, my stony heart with Your goodness. In trust and humility I approach the tribunal of Your mercy, where You Yourself absolve me by the hand of your representative. O Lord, I feel Your grace and Your peace filling my poor soul. I feel overwhelmed by Your mercy, O Lord. You forgive me, which is more than I dared to hope for or could imagine. Your goodness surpasses all my desires. And now, filled with gratitude for so many graces, I invite You to my heart. I wandered, like a prodigal child gone astray; but you did not cease to be my Father. Increase Your mercy toward me, for You see how weak I am. Jesus: Child, speak no more of your misery; it is already forgotten. Listen, My child, to what I desire to tell you. Come close to My wounds and draw from the Fountain of Life whatever your heart desires. Drink copiously from the Fountain of Life and you will not weary on your journey. Look at the splendors of My mercy and do not fear the enemies of your salvation. Glorify My mercy.
I feel like God is angry with me because of my sins. I don't know what to do but trying to amend the past.
Trying to hold on to this. Perhaps it is a good sign being under attack spiritually. Padre Pio said that it was. Maybe it is a sign that the evil one is angry with me. Medjugorje coming up soon also and perhaps he is trying to sabotage.
I found a Benedictine medal in my home today and have started wearing it for protection. These attacks don't last too long these days thank God but have to stay vigilant. Saint Faustina said she was always preparing for battle in her diary.
Could you please pray for a healing of a wound that I picked up when I was young. It is a spiritual wound. Praying for healing. Have been doing better lately thank God but struggling with this wound I have. Have been praying to Mary alot lately and feeling her intercession. Trying to offer up the suffering for her intentions
If we don't see improvement in Will's tonsil by tomorrow morning, we will take him to the hospital. Please pray for a miracle!
You remain Faithful through all your trials this is your spiritual victory. Hold onto that. Things may appear a failure to you but to God I am sure only great victories. You have Medugorje to look forward to. a huge, huge blessing.
None of us if we look closely enough have squeaky clean slates from our past. The devil, in bringing those mistakes / sins to mind to discourage us is twarthed when we bring them to confession and the Lord is glorified. The problem for us is to then forgive ourselves as God has forgiven us and to move on. When we look at why we fail to move on it can reveal an area of pride in annoyance at ourselves with our focus on ourselves rather than on the Lord.
Will is coming home with his dad from the hospital. It turns out his tonsil is not abscessed. The doctor believes the swelling is still because of the infection he had, and that it will come down with time. I am surprised and relieved. Definitely had a good cry. I get so worried over my children. It's so hard.
Thank God ,what wonderful news. I would always be open to the possibility that there was an abscess but that it is no longer there. It would be such a pity to short change God. But all is well that ends well.
Yes. It is the hardest thing!! Thanks be to God there is no abcess. Give him lots of ice cream-'that will help with the swelling. ( that's what they used to do back in the day when I was a child)
