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Go to Confession and decide for holiness.
J.M.J
March 27, 2014
Dear Family of Mary!
This
is Day 2 of our Novena for the grace of a good Confession! This novena
is inspired by Olga who had the idea and Our Lady's March 25, 2014
message:
"Dear children! I am calling you anew: begin the battle against sin as in the first days, go to confession and decide for holiness. The love of God will begin to flow through you into the world, peace will begin to rule in your hearts and God's blessing will fill you. I am with you and intercede for all of you before my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."
I have received many encouraging emails about this novena! We are all excited I think!!
Day 2
Perfect contrition
I
will call to mind the Passion of Jesus at each confession, to arouse my
heart to contrition. Insofar as possible, with the grace of God, I will
always practice perfect contrition. I will devote more time to this
contrition. Before I approach the confessional, I shall first enter the
open and most merciful Heart of the Savior. When I leave the
confessional, I shall rouse in my soul great gratitude to the Holy
Trinity for this wonderful and inconceivable miracle of mercy that is
wrought in my soul. And the more miserable my soul is, the more I feel
the ocean of God's mercy engulfing me and giving me strength and great
power. [225 - St. Faustina's Diary]
[During
confession] I saw Jesus Crucified and He said to me, It is in My
Passion that you must seek light and strength. After the confession, I
meditated on Jesus' terrible Passion, and I understood that what I was
suffering was nothing compared to the Savior's Passion, and that even
the smallest imperfection was the cause of this terrible suffering. Then
my soul was filled with very great contrition, and only then I sensed
that I was in the sea of the unfathomable mercy of God. Oh, how few
words I have to express what I am experiencing! I feel I am like a drop
of dew engulfed in the depths of the bottomless ocean of divine mercy.
[654 St. Faustina's Diary]
Fr. Alfred Wilson writes about contrition:
Contrition is sorrow for sin because we have offended God's infinite goodness.
It
is especially important that our attempts to excite contrition should
be God-centered. This is where many fail. Contrition will be
proportioned to our love of God; Therefore, we should study the
lovableness of God more than sin. Sorrow always depends on love. Love is
the quicksilver which makes the barometer of interest go up or down.
If, for example, you do not love Mr. Pugsnap-Browne, you are not much
concerned what happens to him. If you loved him, you would follow his
fortunes with intense concern. A young man in love with his fiancée is
tormented by the least offense against her, because no offense is
trivial to intense and sincere love. Whoever loves God intensely cannot
be indifferent to sin. Seek therefore, for contrition in the study of
the lovableness of God...(From "Pardon and Peace." Fr. Alfred Wilson,
C.P.)
Our Lady gave taught us about contrition in this message:
"Dear
children! Open your heart to God's mercy in this Lenten time. The
heavenly Father desires to deliver each of you from the slavery of sin.
Therefore, little children, make good use of this time and through
meeting with God in confession, leave sin and decide for holiness. Do
this out of love for Jesus, who redeemed you all with his blood, that
you may be happy and in peace. Do not forget, little children: your
freedom is your weakness, therefore follow my messages with seriousness.
Thank you for having responded to my call." (February 25, 2007)
Let us pray:
Dear
Lord Jesus, we ask you give us a true understanding of the necessity
and grandeur of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Help us to recognize
you in the confessional, waiting for us, waiting to forgive us and
embrace us with your love and mercy. We need forgiveness. Help us to
find our way into your arms.
St. Isidore, pray for us.
St. Faustina Kowalska, pray for us
St. Augustine, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, pray for us.
Blessed John Paul II, pray for us.
St. Therese of Lisieux, pray for us.
St. Leopold Mandic, pray for us.
St. John Vianney, pray for us.
Our Lady, Queen of Peace, pray for us.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
Cathy Nolan
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