St. Patrick, who endured extreme hardships at a very young age…pray for us who face frightening experiences and wake up to what seems like a nightmare each day.

May God bless and bring us peace.
Manya

Until Abortion Ends, Discovering the Power of Fasting

This article is about giving up one thing you love – until abortion ends.  As Archbishop Fulton Sheen said,“prayer united to sacrifice is the most powerful force on earth.”  That’s the impetus behind this…if each of us would not only pray for an end to abortion but also add a sacrifice to our prayers, we could bring abortion to an end so much sooner.

Can’t imagine giving up something you love for what will possibly be years?  Then start smaller…give up something you love for Lent and do it in the name of ending abortion – or any other cause that is important to you.  Marriage comes to mind…or for the strength and courage to get through the agony of divorce…or for the people of Japan….or for…?

The list is endless.

May God bring us peace.

Manya

Need a Breakthrough this Lent? Try Fasting – Seriously.

Instead of putting it aside to read later (like I should have ), I read it immediately.  It’s compelling!

This Wednesday, I fast – seriously.

Do you have any stories regarding fasting?  Please share with us if you do.

May God bring us peace,

Manya

Day 9 Intention: Souls who have become lukewarm.

Today bring to Me the souls who have become lukewarm* and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy.  These souls wound My Heart most painfully.  My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls.  They were the reason I cried out: ‘Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.’  For them the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy.

“Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself.  I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart.  In this fire of Your pure love let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame.  O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercie the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Hear of Jesus.  Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His theree-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done!  I hope this has been helpful to you.

*By the way, here’s the definition of “lukewarm souls” directly from Jesus to St. Faustina: “There are souls who thwart My efforts…souls without love or devotion, souls full of egoism and selfishness, proud and arrogant souls full of deceit and hypocrisy, lukewarm souls who have hardly enough warmth to keep themselves alive.  My Heart cannot bear it.  All my graces that I pour down on them daily flow off them as off rock.  I cannot bear them because they are neither good nor bad.”

Day 8 Intention: The souls who are detained in Purgatory.

Today bring to Me the souls who are detained in Purgatory and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy.  Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames.  All these souls are greatly loved by Me.  They are making retribution fo My justice.  It is in your power to bring them relief.  Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf.  Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.

“Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice.  May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of Purgatory, that there, too, the power of Your mercy may be celebrated.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus.  I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded: Manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny.  Look upon them in no other way but only through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.

Day 7 Intention: The souls who especially venerate and glorify My mercy.

Today bring to Me the souls who especially venerate and glorify My mercy and immerse them in My mercy.  These souls sorrowed most over My passion and entered most deeply into My spirit.  They are living images of My Compassionate Heart.  These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life.  Not one of them will go into the fire of hell.  I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death.

“Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love Itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy.  These souls are mighty with the very power of God Himself.  in the midst of all afflictions and adverstities they go forward, confident of Your mercy; and united to You, O Jesus, they carry all mankind on their shoulders.  These souls will not be judges severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus.  These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy, and their hearts, overflowing with joy, sing a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High!  I beg You O God: Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You.  Let there be accomplished in them the promise of Jesus, who said to them that during their life, but especially at the hour of death, the souls who will venerate this fathomless mercy of His, He, Himself, will defend as His glory.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.

Today is the 6th day of the Divine Mercy Novena.    Many amazing promises are attached to this novena. I encourage you to go to a Catholic bookstore to pick up a Divine Mercy pamphlet that tells you the story behind it, too, so you can keep the prayers with you and not be tied to the computer while reciting them.

Day 6 Intention: The meek and humble souls and the souls of little children

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.  Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace.  I favor humble souls with My confidence.

“Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, ‘Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.’ Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children.  These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father’s favorites.  They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God himself take delight in their fragrance.  These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they undeasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus.  These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son.  Their fragrance rises from the eathe and raches Your very throne.  Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.

Day 5 Intention: The souls of those who have separated themselves from my church.

Today bring to Me the souls of those who have separated themselves from My church and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.  During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church.  As they return to unity with the Church My wounds heal and in this way they alleviate My Passion.

“Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself, You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You.  Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate heart the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Church.  Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church and do not let them escape from the abode of your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to glorify the generosity of Your mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who have separated themselves from Your Son’s Church, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors.  Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in His Most Compassionate Heart.  Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.

Day 4 Intention: Those who do not believe in God and those who do not yet know me.

I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart.  Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.

“Most compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world.  Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who do not believe in God and of those who as yet do not know You.  Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of those who do not believe in You, and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus.  Draw them to the light of the Gospel.  These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You.  Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages.  Amen.”

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.

Day 3 Intention: All Devout & Faithful Souls

Today bring to Me all devout & faithful souls and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.  These souls brought Me consolation on the Way of the Cross.  They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.

“Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, you impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all.  Receive us into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It.  We beg this grace of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son.  For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection.  Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages.  Amen. “

This is a chaplet, which means there’s a series of prayers to be said and you can use a rosary to help keep track:

Recite the following:

The Our Father

The Hail Mary

The Apostles’ Creed

On the large beads (Our Father beads):

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the small beads (Hail Mary beads):

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Continue those prayers around the entire rosary, always meditating on the intention for today. Then say the following three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Done…til tomorrow.