Hour of Mercy: 3:00 p.m, Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Daily Reflections, Supplications and Prayer

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

REFLECTION:

“According to my opinion and my experience, the rule of silence should be in the first place. GOD does not give Himself to a talkative soul, which, like a drone in the hive, buzzes a lot, but does not produce honey. The talkative soul is empty in its interior. There are no fundamental virtues in it, nor intimacy with GOD. Not to mention a deeper life, nor a sweet peace, nor the silence in which GOD dwells. The soul, without liking the sweetness of interior silence, is a restless spirit and disturbs this silence in others. I saw many souls in the infernal abysses for not having observed silence. They told me so themselves when I asked them what the cause of their ruin had been. They were consecrated souls. Oh my GOD, what pain to think that they could not only be in paradise, but even be saints. Oh JESUS, Mercy, I tremble to think that I must give an account of the tongue, in the tongue is life, but also death, sometimes with the tongue we kill, we commit real murder, and can we consider this as a small thing? I really do not understand these consciences. I knew a person who, upon learning from another of a certain thing that was said about her… became seriously ill, lost a lot of blood and many tears there and then came a sad consequence, not caused by the sword but by the tongue. Oh my silent JESUS, have Mercy on us”. (Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, The Divine Mercy in my soul, Diary, 119).

SUPPLICATIONS:

– Let us ask for the Grace of experiencing the encounter with the LORD in the intimacy of our hearts.

– Let us pray for the inveterate sinners and for the souls in purgatory.

– For our suffering humanity.

– For the souls in Purgatory.

– For the intentions of the Virgin Mary.

– For our Holy Catholic Church.

– For our personal intentions.

PURPOSE OF THE DAY:

– Yearn for the wisdom that comes from the LORD.

– Pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy.

– Respect the Hour of Mercy.

– Try to carry out at least one work of Mercy throughout the day.

CLOSING PRAYER:

“Help me, Oh LORD, let my tongue be merciful so that I never speak negatively of my fellow men, but instead have a word of comfort and forgiveness for everyone…” Oh LORD, all Your projects regarding my soul are full of Your Mercy. Oh My Good Merciful JESUS, King of Mercy, I trust in You and only in You I hope. Amen. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU! (Diary, 163).