(c) Mary TV 2014
J.M.J
April 23, 2014
Easter Wednesday
Divine Mercy Novena Day 6
Dear Family of Mary!
This
day of the novena is one of my most favorite. I love it that Jesus
values the humble, the meek, and the childlike. No other leader in the
history of man has valued these attributes or held them as examples of
holiness. We have an awesome God!!
St. Faustina wrote:
When
I started the Holy Hour, I wanted to immerse myself in the agony of
Jesus in the Garden of Olives. Then I heard a voice in my soul: Meditate on the mystery of the Incarnation.
And suddenly the Infant Jesus appeared before me, radiant with beauty.
He told me how much God is pleased with simplicity in a soul. Although My greatness is beyond understanding, I commune only with those who are little. I demand of you a childlike spirit. (332, Diary)
Sixth Day
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. 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 takes
delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your
Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly 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 earth and reaches 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.
Let us pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy!
Our Lady of Medjugorje has said:
"Dear
children; In this holy time of joyful expectation, God has chosen you
little ones to realize His great intentions. My children, be humble.
Through your humility, God, with His wisdom, will make of your souls a
chosen home. You will illuminate it with good works and thus, with an
open heart, you will welcome the birth of my Son in all of His generous
love. Thank you dear children." (December 2, 2008)
Pope John Paul II wrote about humility and mercy in this way (Dives In Misericordia n 6):
What
took place in the relationship between the father and the son [the
parable of the prodigal son] in Christ's parable is not to be evaluated
"from the outside." Our prejudices about mercy are mostly the result of
appraising them only from the outside. At times it happens that by
following this method of evaluation we see in mercy above all a
relationship of inequality between the one offering it and the one
receiving it. And, in consequence, we are quick to deduce that mercy
belittles the receiver, that it offends the dignity of man. The parable
of the prodigal son shows that the reality is different: the
relationship of mercy is based on the common experience of that good
which is man, on the common experience of the dignity that is proper to
him. This common experience makes the prodigal son begin to see himself
and his actions in their full truth (this vision in truth is a genuine
form of humility); on the other hand, for this very reason he becomes a
particular good for his father: the father sees so clearly the good
which has been achieved thanks to a mysterious radiation of truth and
love, that he seems to forget all the evil which the son had committed.
The
parable of the prodigal son expresses in a simple but profound way the
reality of conversion. Conversion is the most concrete expression of the
working of love and of the presence of mercy in the human world. The
true and proper meaning of mercy does not consist only in looking,
however penetratingly and compassionately, at moral, physical or
material evil: mercy is manifested in its true and proper aspect when it
restores to value, promotes and draws good from all the forms of evil
existing in the world and in man. Understood in this way, mercy
constitutes the fundamental content of the messianic message of Christ
and the constitutive power of His mission. His disciples and followers
understood and practiced mercy in the same way. Mercy never ceased to
reveal itself, in their hearts and in their actions, as an especially
creative proof of the love which does not allow itself to be "conquered
by evil," but overcomes "evil with good." The genuine face of mercy has
to be ever revealed anew. In spite of many prejudices, mercy seems
particularly necessary for our times.
Just
as the prodigal son acquired humility when he discovered the truth
about himself and his father, and returned home to the merciful love
that awaited him, so will that same truth bring us back to the Father.
Humble souls become heaven, because mercy dwells within them.
Let us pray to Blessed John Paul II:
O
Blessed Trinity, we thank You for having graced the Church with Blessed
John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of Your Fatherly care, the
glory of the Cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Spirit of love,
to shine through him. Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the
maternal Intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus
the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary
measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal
communion with You. Grant us, by his intercession, and according to Your
will, the graces we implore, knowing that he will soon be numbered
among Your saints. Amen.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
(c)Mary TV 2014
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Blessed John Paul II
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