Hour of Mercy: 3:00 p.m, Sunday, July 23, 2023

Daily Reflections, Supplications and Prayer

Sunday, July 23, 2023

REFLECTION:

“Today I have been in the abysses of hell, led by an angel. It is a place of great torment, how terrifyingly great is its extension! The types of torment that I have seen: the first torment that constitutes hell, is the loss of GOD; the second, the continuous remorse of conscience; the third, that destiny will never change; (160) the fourth torment, is the fire that will penetrate the soul, but will not annihilate it, it is a terrible torment, it is a pure fire spiritual mind, set on fire by divine wrath; the fifth torment, is permanent darkness, a horrible, suffocating smell; and despite the darkness the demons and the damned souls see each other and see the evil of the others and their own; the sixth torment, is the continuous company of Satan; the seventh torment, is tremendous despair, hatred of GOD, imprecations, curses, blasphemies. These are the torments that all the damned suffer together, but it is not the end of the torments. There are particular torments for different souls, which are the torments of the senses: each soul is tormented in a tremendous and indescribable way with what it has sinned. There are horrible dungeons, abysses of torments where one torment differs from the other. I would have died at the sight of those terrible tortures if the Omnipotence of GOD had not supported me. Let the sinner know: with the sense that he sins, with that he will be tormented for (161) all eternity. I write it by order of GOD so that no soul excuses itself [saying] that hell does not exist or that no one was there or knows what it is like.

I, Sister Faustina, by order of GOD, was in the abysses of hell to speak to souls and testify that hell exists. Now I cannot talk about it, I have the order to put it in writing. The demons had a great hatred for me, but by the command of GOD they had to obey me. What I have written is a faint shadow of the things I have seen. I have observed one thing: most of the souls that are there are those who did not believe that hell exists. When I came to my senses I could not recover from the fright, how terribly the souls suffer there. That is why I pray even more ardently for the conversion of sinners; I incessantly invoke the Mercy of GOD for them. Oh my JESUS, I prefer to agonize in the greatest torments until the end of the world, then offend You with the least sin “. (Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, The Divine Mercy in my soul, Diary, 741).

SUPPLICATIONS:

– Let us ask the LORD for the Grace to turn away from wrong paths.

– Let us pray for the souls in Purgatory and for the pagans.

– For our suffering humanity.

– For the intentions of the Virgin Mary.

– For our Holy Catholic Church.

– For our personal intentions.

PURPOSE OF THE DAY:

– Find my refuge in the Sacred Heart of JESUS and in the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

– Pray the Chaplet to the Divine Mercy

– Respect the Hour of Mercy.

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

CLOSING PRAYER:

“Oh, inexhaustible source of Divine Mercy, pour yourself out on us. Your goodness has no limits. Consolidate, Oh LORD, the power of Your Mercy over the abyss of my misery, because Your Mercy is without limits. Mysterious and unattainable is Your Mercy, which fills the human and angelic mind with astonishment”. (Diary, 819).

Oh My Good Merciful JESUS, King of Mercy, I trust in You and only in You I hope. Amen. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU!