He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.
-Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Did you pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy today? Here's how to do it. If you aren't sure how to trust in God, start by praying the chaplet. The prayer is simple and takes about 8 minutes. Pray it at least once a day, and preferably at 3 p.m. It is a among the best ways to embark on the road to truth, trust and faith in God.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
May God Have Pity on Us
Responsorial Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!
R. May God bless us in his mercy.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Saint Andre Bessette, Pray for Us
Brother Andre, your devotion to Saint Joseph is an inspiration to us. You gave your life selflessly to bring the message of his life to others. Pray that we may learn from Saint Joseph, and from you, what it is like to care for Jesus and do his work in the world. Hear us and help us with our financial needs, and allow us to do good and holy work in honor of the worker, Saint Joseph. Amen.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Praise God's Goodness
In this diary entry of Saint Faustina, we see that God speaks to us, directly to our souls. Open your heart, meditate in a quiet place on God and His Goodness to you, then listen. He will instruct you in all ways. Don't fear, be strong. Seek calm and peace every day.
January 10, 1935. +Thursday. In the evening during benediction, such thoughts as these began to distress me: Is not perhaps all this that I am saying about God's great mercy just a lie or an illusion...? And I wanted to think about this for a while, when I heard a strong and clear inner voice saying, Everything that you say about My goodness is true; language has no adequate expression to extol My goodness. These words were so filled with power and so clear that I would give my life in declaring they came from God. I can tell this by the profound peace that accompanied them at that time and that still remains with me. This peace gives me such great strength and power that all difficulties, adversities, sufferings, and death itself are as nothing. This light gave me a glimpse of the truth that all my efforts to bring souls to know the mercy of the Lord are very pleasing to God. And from this springs such great joy in my soul that I do not know whether it could be any greater in heaven. Oh, if souls would only be willing to listen, at least a little, to the voice of conscience and the voice that is, the inspirations-of the Holy Spirit! I say "at least a little," because once we open ourselves to the influence of the Holy Spirit, He himself will fulfill what is lacking in us. (Diary entry 359)
January 10, 1935. +Thursday. In the evening during benediction, such thoughts as these began to distress me: Is not perhaps all this that I am saying about God's great mercy just a lie or an illusion...? And I wanted to think about this for a while, when I heard a strong and clear inner voice saying, Everything that you say about My goodness is true; language has no adequate expression to extol My goodness. These words were so filled with power and so clear that I would give my life in declaring they came from God. I can tell this by the profound peace that accompanied them at that time and that still remains with me. This peace gives me such great strength and power that all difficulties, adversities, sufferings, and death itself are as nothing. This light gave me a glimpse of the truth that all my efforts to bring souls to know the mercy of the Lord are very pleasing to God. And from this springs such great joy in my soul that I do not know whether it could be any greater in heaven. Oh, if souls would only be willing to listen, at least a little, to the voice of conscience and the voice that is, the inspirations-of the Holy Spirit! I say "at least a little," because once we open ourselves to the influence of the Holy Spirit, He himself will fulfill what is lacking in us. (Diary entry 359)
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Prayer to the Infant Jesus of Prague
Remember, O Divine Child Jesus, the promises You made in favor of those honoring Your miraculous image and the mysteries it reminds us of Your childhood. Full of confidence in Your Goodness, O Jesus, we come to submit our misery to You.
Grant us, by the infinite merits of Your Incarnation and of Your Holy Childhood, to triumph so well over our enemies and to remain so faithful to You, that we may deserve to be Your servants and to be numbered among Your friends on earth and among Your blissful in heaven. Do not reject our humble prayers, O sweet and almighty Child Jesus, but receive them favorably and be pleased to answer them. Amen.
Pauline Marie Jaricot, Pray for Us
Lord Jesus Christ You came into the world that we may have life and have it to the full.
Pauline Marie Jaricot devoted herself to sharing in your work, establishing the Society for the Propagation of the Faith for all who do not know of this life, and the Living Rosary for those who desire it more abundantly.
Venerable Pauline, you who consecrated your life to spreading the kingdom of heaven by serving God and His people, intercede for us that God may (make your intention).
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, who is Lord for ever and ever.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Venerable Pauline, mother of poor debtors, pray for us. Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Amen.
Pauline Marie Jaricot devoted herself to sharing in your work, establishing the Society for the Propagation of the Faith for all who do not know of this life, and the Living Rosary for those who desire it more abundantly.
Venerable Pauline, you who consecrated your life to spreading the kingdom of heaven by serving God and His people, intercede for us that God may (make your intention).
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, who is Lord for ever and ever.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Venerable Pauline, mother of poor debtors, pray for us. Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Amen.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Saint Faustina's Prayer for the New Year: O Blessed Host, I Trust in You
1934-1935. New Year's Eve. I was given permission not to go to sleep, but rather pray in the chapel. One of the sisters had asked me to offer an hour of adoration for her. I said yes, and prayed for her for an hour. During the hour, God gave me to understand how very pleasing this soul was to Him.
I offered the second hour of adoration for the conversion of sinners, and I tried especially to offer expiation to God for the insults that were being committed against Him at this present moment. How greatly God is being offended!
I offered the third hour for my spiritual director. I fervently prayed for light for him in a particular matter. Finally the clock struck twelve, the last hour of the year. I finished it in the Name of the Holy Trinity, and I also started the first hour of the New Year in the Name of the Holy Trinity. I asked each of the Three Persons to bless me and, with great confidence, looked toward the New Year which certainly would not be sparing of suffering.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the testament of God's mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus as proof of infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained life eternal and of infinite mercy, dispensed in abundance to us and especially to poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the mercy of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit toward us, and especially toward poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the infinite price of mercy which will compensate for all our debts, and especially those of poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fountain of living water which springs from infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the fire of purest love which blazes forth from the bosom of the Eternal Father, as from an abyss of infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the medicine for all our infirmities, flowing from infinite mercy, as from a fount, for us and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained the union between God and us through His infinite mercy for us, and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom are contained all the sentiments of the most sweet Heart of Jesus toward us, and especially poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in all the sufferings and adversities of life.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of darkness and of storms within and without.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in life and at the hour of our death.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of adversities and floods of despair.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of falsehood and treason.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of the darkness and godlessness which inundate the earth. O Blessed Host, our only hope in the longing and pain in which no one will understand us.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the toil and monotony of everyday life.
O Blessed Host, our only hope amid the ruin of our hopes and endeavors.
O Blessed Host, our only hope in the midst of the ravages of the enemy and the efforts of hell.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when the burdens are beyond my strength and I find my efforts are fruitless.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when storms toss my heart about and my fearful spirit tends to despair.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my heart is about to tremble and mortal sweat moistens my brow.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when everything conspires against me and black despair creeps into my soul.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my eyes will begin to grow dim to all temporal things and, for the first time, my spirit will behold the unknown worlds.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my tasks will be beyond my strength and adversity will become my daily lot.
O Blessed Host I trust in You when the practice of virtue will appear difficult for me and my nature will grow rebellious.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when hostile blows will be aimed against me.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when my toils and efforts will be misjudged by others.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You when Your judgments will resound over me; it is then that I will trust in the sea of Your mercy.
Most Holy Trinity, I trust in Your infinite mercy. God is my Father and so I, His child, have every claim to His divine Heart; and the greater the darkness, the more complete our trust should be. (Diary entries 355-357)
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