Hour of Mercy: 3:00 p.m, Tuesday, October 17, 2023

DEVOTION TO THE DIVINE MERCY

Daily Reflections, Supplications and Prayers

Translator SPANISH-ENGLISH: Mrs. Mari Campos-Waite

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

REFLECTION:

“(70) I frequently accompany dying souls [415] and implore for them confidence in Divine Mercy and I beseech GOD for the magnanimity of the Grace of GOD that always triumphs. Divine Mercy reaches the sinner sometimes at the last moment, in a particular and mysterious way. On the outside it seems as if everything was lost, but it is not so; the soul illuminated by a ray of the strong, and last, divine Grace, turns to GOD in the last moment with such strength of love that in that last moment obtains from GOD [forgiveness] of guilt and sorrow, without giving us, on the outside, any sign of repentance or contrition, because it no longer reacts to external things. Oh how unfathomable is Divine Mercy But what horror! There are also souls that voluntarily and consciously reject this Grace and despise it. Even in the agony itself, the merciful GOD gives the soul a moment of inner lucidity and if the soul wants, it has the possibility of returning to GOD. But sometimes, in souls there is such a hardness (71) that they consciously choose hell; They frustrate all the prayers that other souls raise to GOD for them and even the own efforts of GOD…” (Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska, The Divine Mercy in my soul, Diary, 1698).

SUPPLICATIONS:

– Let us ask for the LORD the Grace to always trust in His Mercy in difficult times.

– Let us ask the LORD for the Grace to surrender ourselves fully into His hands and depend on His Mercy.

– Pray for the dying.

– Pray 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:

– Do not lose hope and always trust in the Mercy of the LORD.

– Pray the meditated Chaplet of Divine Mercy pdf.

– Respect the Hour of Mercy.

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

CLOSING PRAYER:

“Oh JESUS hidden in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, my only love and Mercy. I recommend to You all the needs of my soul and my body. You can help me (and help the dying), because You are Mercy itself, in You all my hope…” (cf. Diary 1751). Oh My Good Merciful JESUS, King of Mercy, I trust in You and only in You I hope. Amen. JESUS I TRUST IN YOU!