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Thursday, February 10th 2005 . 
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Thursday, February 10th 2005 .
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February 22nd. 1931 Jesus appeared to a young Polish nun. He was dressed
in a white garment and had one hand raised in blessing and the other at
His breast. From His chest flowed rays, one in red and the others in light
shades. He asked Sr. Faustina to reproduce the image of Him just as she
saw it with the words "Jesus I Trust in You" to be written below His feet.
He asked her to display the image in her own convent chapel and then throughout
the whole world. Sr. Faustina's Spiritual Director told her to ask Jesus
the significance of the two rays and Jesus explained:
"The rays represent the Blood and Water that gushed forth from the depths of my Mercy when my Agonising Heart was pierced on the cross. The pale rays symbolise the water, which cleanses and purifies the soul. These rays will shield the soul before the justice of My Father. Fortunate are those who live in this shelter, for the justice of God will not reach them there," Short Prayer for Today "O Lord, behold here before You a soul who exists in this world in order to allow You to exercise Your admirable MERCY and manifest it before heaven and earth. Others may glorify You through their faithfulness and perseverance, thus making evident the power of Your grace. How sweet and generous You are to those who are faithful to You! Nevertheless, I will glorify You by acquainting others of Your goodness to sinners and by reminding them that Your MERCY is above all malice, that nothing can exhaust it, and that no relapse, no matter how shameful or criminal, should allow the sinner to despair of forgiveness. I have offended You grievously, O Beloved Redeemer, but it would be still worse if I were to offend You by thinking that You were lacking in goodness to forgive me. I would rather He deprive me of everything else than the TRUST I have in Your Mercy. Should I fall a hundred times or should my crimes be a hundred times worse that they actually are, I would continue to trust in Your MERCY. Amen" Chaplet of the Divine Mercy and the Novena to the Divine Mercy << Previous Day >> || << Next Day >> (Many of the reflections on each page are used with the kind permission of United Christian Broadcastors (UCB) from their FREE daily devotional - The Word for Today. They allow the publication of 52 of their passages per year and I find their messages apt and though-provoking for the times we live in.) |
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