Divine Mercy Sunday

"Unless you be converted..."   Each wave of grace purifies and cleanses our soul from sin and its roots, giving us rebirth to a new life in Christ, a pure, innocent life, which craves only "the pure spiritual milk" of the doctrine of Christ, His love, and His grace.  Today, however, the Church wishes to turn our desires in a very special way toward faith:  that faith which makes us cling to Jesus so as to be taught by Him, and nourished and guided toward eternal life... Let us draw near to Jesus with the simple, sincere faith of a little child, and He will give us the abundance of His grace as a pledge of eternal life.  --Divine Intimacy #147.

Prayer

"O Lord, I come to ask of You the true spirit of prayer."

"Prayer is essentially an intimate conversation with God in which the soul seeks His presence, so that it may speak with Him in a friendly and affectionate way. ..From its very nature, then, prayer is something intimate and interior...

"Whatever form it takes, true prayer is not complicated or constrained; it is the breath of the soul that loves its God, the habitual attitude of the heart which tends toward God...Prayer understood in this way is always possible, in all kinds of circumstances and in the midst of varying occupations;  furthermore, for a soul who really loves God, it would be as impossible for it to interrupt prayer as it would be for it to stop breathing."  --Divine Intimacy #146.


Divine Mercy Novena Day #9:  Today bring to Me souls who have become lukewarm, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. 

Divine Mercy Novena Day #8: Today bring to Me the souls who are detained in purgatory and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy.  Novena prayers here.

Living Water

"O Jesus, my soul thirsts for You, the source of living water; grant that I may draw near You and drink!"

"Mortification frees the soul from every obstacle which might retard the growth of grace, which might hinder the soul's love for God and its flight toward Him;  whereas prayer which consists essentially in intimate conversation with God feeds this love and quickens this flight. Mortification prepares a suitable place for a loving meeting with God; prayer effects this meeting, and by placing the soul in real contact with God, the source of living water, it quenches its thirst and reanimates it."  from Divine Intimacy #143.


Divine Mercy Novena Day #7:  Today bring to Me the souls who especially venerate and glorify My Mercy and immerse them in My mercy.  Novena prayers here.

Stay With Us

"God has made us for Himself, and we cannot live without Him;  we need Him, we hunger and thirst for Him; He is the only One who can satisfy our hearts...

"Spiritual hunger is a sign of a robust spirit...The soul which feels no hunger for God, no need to seek Him, and to find Him...is a dead soul, or at least one which has been weakened and rendered insensible by lukewarmness...

"Stay with us, Lord!  It is the cry of the soul who had found its God and never again wishes to be separated from Him.  Let us too, as the disciples at Emmaus, go in search of the Lord."  --from Divine Intimacy, #141.

Divine Mercy Novena Day #6

Today bring to Me the Meek and Humble Souls and the Souls of Little Children,
and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. I favor humble souls with My confidence.


Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/novena.htm#6#ixzz1rgpoAtid

Praying with the Saints

"Lord Jesus, good and gentle Jesus, who deigned to die for our sins and to rise for our justification, I beg You, by Your glorious Resurrection, to bring me out of the sepulcher of my vices and sins, so that I may merit to have a real share in Your Resurrection. O most kind Lord, who ascended to Heaven in the triumph of Your glory and are seated at the right hand of the Father, You who are all-powerful, raise me up to You, so that I may run in the odor of Your ointments, run without slackening, while You call and guide me. My soul thirsts; draw me to the divine spring of eternal satiety; lift me out of the abyss toward this living spring, so that I may drink as much as I can of it, and live on it forever, O my God, my Life.  Taken from Divine Intimacy, page 407 (#140) (St Augustine)."

Divine Mercy Novena Day #5:  Today bring to Me the souls of those who have separated themselves from the Church. Novena prayers here.

Divine Mercy Novena Day #4: Today bring to Me those who do not believe in God and those who do not yet know me. Novena prayers here.