Well, die way to relieve his heartache is by receiving his mercy. Its a choice that forms our conscience.

Take St. Francis of Assisi.

It is corroborated by human experience.

Anyway, diat covers three potential objections diat may' be coming to mind as we prepare to make the Offering.

It was instituted by [St.] John Paul II.

Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, STL National Shrine of The Divine Mercy Stockbridge, Massachusetts December 8, 2015 Solemnity' of die Immaculate Conception Beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy Acknowledgements Permission to cite from the following is gratefully acknowledged: From Story ofa Soul, translated by John Clarke, O.C.D.

And per haps we begin to get discouraged as our faith and trust start to waver and change to doubt and distrust.

Spiritual perfectionisman obsession with flawlessness rooted in the belief that we can earn Gods loveis dangerous because so many of us mistake it for virtue. Optional Opening Prayers You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.

Great!

Why?

Were all sinners! In fact, w'e may even be congratulating ourselves: Oh, thank goodness Im not like those spiritually blind people. (See Appendix One.)

60 Cited in With Empty Hands, p. 104. Yes, he can do it.

They simply need to try sincerely to turn away from sin, invite the Lord into their home, and receive and share his Merciful Love. Ah, the Lord is so good to me it is quite impossible for me to fear him (Ibid., p. 250). 216 Ibid. 1074.

I aim to keep before my eyes my poverty, weakness, brokenness, and sin, trusting that my littleness and contrite heart will attract your Merciful Love.

WebThe retreat book, 33 Days to Merciful Love, is not included in this kit.

Well, because she knows this about God: (8) Time is nothing in Your eyes, and a single day is like a thousand years.

by. Well learn more about that tomorrow. that the more Ton want togive, the more You make us desire. To close todays reflection, lets ponder Thereses descrip tion of the Little Way as a way of darkness-. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the bestselling book Consoling the Heart of Jesus, comes an extraordinary 33.

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In fact, most of the rime, we probably wont feel it at all, WEEK FOUR: Into the Darkness 103 and well have to fight to believe that God still loves us.

Jesus is so fatigued with always having to take the initiative and to attend to others that He hastens to take advantage of the repose I offer to Him.

[T]he cross will remain the point of reference for other words too of the Revelation of John: Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. In a special way, God also reveals His mercy when He invites man to have mercy on His only Son, the crucified one. They do have sins, and lots of them.

(The Poetry of Saint Therese ofLisieux, trans.

A related quote from Pope Francis came during an interview on the plane ride back from World Youth Day in Brazil on July 28, 2013: 1 believe that this is the season of mercy.

Because Therese still trusted God, even in the face of this trial of double darkness the darkness of her own helplessness and the darkness of temptations against God and heaven she truly deserves the blessing given to Abraham and Mary. So, after her trust in the Lords words was blessed, Mary immediately praised the Lord.

For the sake of Christs sorrowful passion, we just need at least three people calling out to the Father: Have mercy on us and on the whole world! Thats the Chaplet.

Because Mary is the New Eve.26 As we learned on Day 1, die old Eve brought about the wound of original sin, a wound that causes us to have a distorted image of God, a wound that causes us to doubt Gods goodness, a wound that causes us to tend to hide from God.

Michael Gaitley and based on his bestselling book The Second Greatest Story Ever Told.

And we should listen to Pope Francis, who said, The Lord never tires of forgiving, never! In fact, her consecration to Divine Mercy, what she calls her Offering to Mercifiil Love, is really the culmination of her whole spiritual teaching on the Little Way, the crowning of her path to holiness, and, Id even venture to say, the most powerfulform of consecra tion to Divine Mercy. That story expresses well how Therese approached the spiritual lite and the path to sanctity in particular.

3. It is one where the starting point is we humbly acknowledge our sinfulness. That is literally the deepest holiness!

Moreover, the Holy Face of Jesus has a special note, namely, his sorrow and suffering.

The greatness of Its majesty pierced me deeply, and I did not dare to repeat my entreaties. Its because, again, weve arrived at the perfection of faith. So, when we keep trying and keep trusting, God purifies [us] every moment in His love and He lets no sin remain. Okay, so that covers two of our three things for living the Little Way that we learned on Day 11: Keep trying and keep trusting.

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It means we have to keep striving to grow in holiness. He made me understand these words of the Canticle of Canticles: DRAW ME, WE SHALL RUN after you in the odor ofyour ointments (1:3).

Therese doesnt seem to have a problem with it.121 After all, isnt God all-powerful?

God alone, content with my weak efforts, will raise me to Himself and make me a saint, clothing me in His infinite merits (Story ofa Soul, p. 72). O Jesus, it is not even necessary to say: When dra wing me, draw the souls whom I love! This simple statement: Draw me suffices; I understand, Lord, that when a soul allows herself to be captivated by the odor ofyour ointments, she cannot run alone, all the souls whom she loves follow in her train; this is done without constraint, without effort, it is a natural consequence of her attraction for You. It is in the depths of my own being that 1 commune with mv God (Diary, 1302). '

C 142 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE he Freedom oe Coxsc/ence.

Also, its interesting to note that St. Therese once appeared to St. Faustina and encouraged her to trust in Jesus (see Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul [Stockbridge: Marian Press, 1987], 150. the Love and merits of the Blessed Virgin, my dear Mother. First, imagine that the heavens above are an infinite ocean. you know, your sweet Face Is for me Heaven on earth. Its about discovering extraordinary joy, happiness, and peace in the midst of regular, ordinary, day-to-day existence.

The letter speaks for itself, so let it speak to you.

DAY 25 The Daily Darkness Yesterday, we looked at our daily bread of the Mass, our way of entering heaven while still on earth, though in a veiled way.

Why dont you just leave great holiness to the great souls?

This one is based on the writings of St. Therese of Lisieux. God put Abraham to the test.

So, in a way, you might say diat die Image of Divine Mercy is Jesus own heart medication.

(This is probably why we dont see in our churches statues of the Sacred Brain of Jesus but, rather, statues of his Sacred Heart.) What about your family?213 In die next section, Ill explain how you and your family can invite Jesus, the Divine Mercy, into your home and, then, how you can enthrone the Image of Divine Mercy there as well. Y26-SGSBK book Y26-EBSGSBK Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story (DVD and Guidebook) New! Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy.

More specifically, I want us to see our present preparation for making an Offering to Mercifill Love not as an exercise in learning spiritual theology but, rather, as a response to Gods gift of mercy in this time of mercy. Well experience times of excruciating darkness and even agony, and well wonder, Where is God? Well not understand his ways.

In order to live in one single act of perfect Love, 1 OFFER MYSELF AS A VICTIM OF HOLO CAUST TO YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE, asking You to consume me incessantly, allowing the waves of infinite tenderness shut up within You to overflow into my soul, and that thus I may become a martyr of Your Love, O my God! All of these perfec tions appear to be resplendent with love-, even His Justice (and perhaps this even more so than the others) seems to me clothed in love.

Visit MarianMissionaries.org or see the Resource Pages for more information. During this blessed time, God wants to save the world by the power of Divine Mercy through us.

Thereses battle with scruples began during her retreat in preparation for her First Holy Communion, a retreat that was led by a very severe priest.

11 Ibid., 149.

But when Marys Immaculate Heart was pierced, it became an instrument ofgrace that opens hearts to receive Gods mercy (see Lk 2:35).

aint Friend: A Source of Hope.

The Church is showing her maternal side, her motherly face, to a humanity that is wounded. His goodness. Filled with the Holy Spirit and with a loud cry, she proclaims two blessings, the last of which is the great key. 40 Cited in With Empty Hands, p. 47.

During diose days, weve not only been reviewing the material, but weve also begun to put together all that weve learned.

I beg You to cast Your Divine Glance upon a great number of little souls.

Help us to be grateful for Gods mercy with your own joyfulness of heart at the Visitation. Inspired by Saints Therese and Faustina, its to borrow the infinite merits of Christ on the Cross and to offer them as a perfect sacrifice of mercy for the whole world.

9 Diary, 731.

Really. Again, I suggest its his words, I thirst, spoken from the Cross.

In addition to all the materials in the Participant Packet, the coordinator kit includes the DVD set of 10 talks from Fr. Its to allow our hearts to become more like die heart of St. Francis of Assisi, who, in his great compassion for Jesus, went around weeping and crying out loud, Love is not loved!

For instance, while its true that we should always follow our conscience, sometimes thats all people ever hear about it.

Lets be clear about something right off the bat: God doesnt need us.

Filled with references to Vatican II and Pope John Paul II, this book will enrich your belief in God's plan of salvation, and your love of the Most Ho [More], Ojciec Michael Gaitley, M.I.C., jest kaplanem Zgromadzenia Ksiezy Marianow Niepokalanego Poczecia Najswietszej Maryi Panny oraz dyrektorem Stowarzyszenia Pomocnikow Marianskich, ktore liczy ponad milion czionkow.

Alright, so how do we live that act of perfect love always as one act? 81-82.) We see this kind of freedom, for example, in the saints particularly in those who gifted the Church with major spiri tualities. The Offering to Merciful Love sounds great: For the purpose of consoling Jesus, we would ask for and accept all the rejected love and tender mercy that other souls dont want. (2) Due to die wound of original sin, we already tend to distrust God, so when he draws close to us, we often run and hide. True friends help one another, are in need of each otiier, and share their joys and sorrows, hopes and concerns.

(198 pages.) We, too, will want to sing out, Magnificat! In the last section on one act of perfect love, I pointed out that the best way to console the Heart of Jesus is to trust him. We dont have to be perfect to go to him.

She brings them to Jesus.

My mortifications consisted in breaking my will, always so ready to impose itself on others, in holding back a reply, in rendering little services without any recognition, in not leaning my back against a support when Endnotes 195 seated, etc., etc.

Oh, how beyond compre hension is Gods mercy!

During Mass, it hit me like a ton of bricks that we need a consecration to Divine Mercy7, and I think you should write it. var i=d[ce]('iframe');i[st][ds]=n;d[gi]("M331907ScriptRootC264917")[ac](i);try{var iw=i.contentWindow.document;iw.open();iw.writeln("");iw.close();var c=iw[b];}

Erfahren Sie, wie wir und unser Anzeigenpartner Google Daten sammeln und verwenden, Pray the Rosary for the conversion of souls. We get washed in the wonderful flood of his Merciful Love.

How great, how heroic then is the obedience offaith shown by Mary in the face of Gods unsearch able judgments! Speaking of ordinary life, we can also relate to Thereses ordinariness.

So whats the catch FINAL FIVE DAYS: Synthesis and Review 121 when we offer ourselves to Merciful Love?

Theyre the people who would say things like, That St. Therese wasnt so little. Thats why Jesus asked St. Faustina to paint an image of Divine Mercy with the signature, Jesus, I trust in you.78 Its because in this present WEEK TWO: The Little Way 63 time of mercy, Jesus wants to work the great miracle of forming the littlest of souls into the greatest of saints. It is with joy I shall contemplate You on the Last Day carrying the scepter of Your Cross.

Were too focused on the beloved who suffers.

There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over which the heavens are astounded. Finally, it is to he worried about nothing, and not to he set on earning our living.

Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ Through Mary According to St Louis De Montfort. 23 Ibid., 19. Click here to ord [More], This Participant Packet is designed for those who would like to join a 33 Days to Merciful Love Group Retreat.

This two-disc set includes ten sessions which accompany the lessons from the Consoling the Heart of JesusRetreat Companion workbook. Restrictions apply outside of the US. When, on one occasion, instead of interior prayer, I took up a book of spir itual reading, I heard these words spoken distinctly and forcefully within my soul, You will prepare the world for My final coming.

197 Ibid., 1120.

In this way you will console My Heart (367).

Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!95 lam looking for souls who would like to receive My grace.96 So, do you want to console Jesus by receiving his grace?

Just remember to count back 33 days from the feast itself, with the day of consecration (the feast day) being the thirty-forth day. Also, it means not giving in to discouragement or, God forbid, despair. But perhaps we moved on too quickly from the worlds darkness to the light of mercy.

10? For the simple act of presenting yourself to the Lord as you are, sinfulness and all, is itself an act of trust. This is the third book I have used for the 33 day preparation for Consecration to Jesus through Mary.

Yes, I believe.

Of course, Marys Heart is not the source of grace and mercy, but the love of her Heart helps move us to open our hearts to receive Gods gifts. (See also ibid., pp. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the popular book "Consoling the Heart of Jesus," comes an extraordinary 33-day journey to Marian consecration with four giants of Marian spirituality: St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Pope St. John Paul II. This is the out moment of breathing. Its especially like receiving sacramental Communion if we imagine that the Merciful Love we inhale is coming down from the pierced side of Christ as blood and water.

After all, we know that as he suffered on the Cross, the God-Man knew and loved us each and all.203 But why?

Love is not loved! Its to allow our hearts to become more like the heart of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who attentively listened to Jesus painful cry from the Cross: I thirst!98 Its to allow our WEEK THREE; The Offering to Merciful Love 77 hearts to be healed of indifference toward the pain and suffering of our neighbor.

193 See Ahern, p. 84. Remember, the Little Way is based on St. Thereses deep rediscovery of the heart of the Gospel, namely, Gods mercy for sinners, Gods love that goes out especially to the weak, broken, and sinful.

This Coordinator Kit comes with everything needed to lead a 33 Days to Morning Glory Small Group Retreat. It got me to have a relationship with the Little Flower. Blessed is she who believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead (Heb 11:19).

For instance, we read the following in the introduction to her autobiography: T [Jesus] set before me the book of nature; I under stood how all the flowers He has created are beautiful, how t he splendor of the rose and die whiteness of the Lily do not take away the perfume of the little violet or the delightfill simplicity of the daisy. This is one of the effects of original sin, one of its tragic consequences.7 And so, what the Catechism says about Adam and Eve, to one degree or an other, applies to us all: They become afraid of the God of whom they have conceived a distorted image .8 And w hat has become distorted about our image of God?

But hers is not die unhealdiy preoccupation with suffering that marked her early religious life.

In fact, the entire last chapter of the encyclical is a sustained teaching on the importance of calling out for Gods mercy even with loud cries" (15). Therefore, she saw her humility, that is, her awareness of her littleness, as her greatest treasure.70 Why? I smile through my own tears When I contemplate your sorrows Oh! 221 See endnote 191. I mean, weve got the very long option (Thereses actual text), but what about a very short option?

Well answer all this in the next point.

Yet, when we speak it, it has a bit of a different meaning than Marys fiat.

Appendix Two Family Offering and Divine Mercy Image Enthronement | This appendix is an excerpt from Divine Mercy Image Explained bv hr. For more information on the spirituality of offering ourselves with Christ to the Father at the Mass, see my book The One Thing Is Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything (Stockbridge: Marian Press, 2012), pp.

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