By this, I mean that when you make the Offering, you could also solemnly put up an Image of Divine Mercy' in a place of honor in your home (if D 174 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE you dont already have an image there). Instead, everything was dryness and desolation. During those very joyful days of the Easter season, Jesus made me feel that there were really souls who have no faith, and who, through the abuse of grace, lost this precious treasure, die source of the only real and pure joys. 16 Ibid., 17. How can it be true friendship if were the only ones in need? The elevator which must raise me to heaven is Your arms, O Jesus! Perhaps its influence came through her mother, Zelie, whose own mother was severely Jansenistic and used to hound her poor daughter with the litany, Thats a sin, thats a sin, thats a sin.33 But leaving aside the question of exacdy how Therese fell under Jansenisms influence, we can say this much: It affected her at a very young age. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end. And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no husband? And the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. (2) It doesnt clearly highlight all of the teachings weve covered during this retreat. I am certain, then, that You will grant my desires; 1 know, O my God! As we learned earlier, Thereses way is not that of merit but of mercy and of love. The Lord Jesus himself 200 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE tells us this in Sacred Scripture, Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me (Mt 20:25). Faith, hope, and love in the midst of the daily darkness: That was Marys greatness, and that can be our greatness, too. Thereses heart was wounded, it is true, but here, love was answered by love the wound of love! Well also remember that she didnt give in to the darkness, that she eking to God with the light of faith. 9 Diary, 731. She wanted to tell her Father immediately, and you would have pitied her to see her anxiety. Through our suffering, lovingly united with Christs, we can obtain for people the grace to accept lais gift of salvation. Blessed is she who believed in the impossible. Another way that die Divine Mercy' Image goes perfecdy with the Family Offering is that it serves as a reminder of our invitation to Jesus to come into our homes with his mercy. So what did I find? And through that effort, weve come to find a light in the darkness, namely, Gods own love that fills up the abyss of our nothingness. But while Mary far surpasses Abraham as an example of faith, she also provides somediing that Abraham cannot: the grace to believe, the grace to trust. 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE 150 Prayer. In the mercy of God the world will find peace and mankind will find happiness! Traveling by horse and buggy, we arrived in thirty days at the Himalayan site of Ranikhet. And Sr. Febronic got it. 216 Ibid. 1074. In other words, we console Jesus by consoling one another, for we're all members of the Mystical Body of Christ (see 1 Cor 12:12-27). Amazon. Endnotes 197 The words that St. Faustina heard interiorly were the prayers of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, which is prayed as follows: 1. But what else did she believe that merited a blessing? Of course, Marys Heart is not the source of grace and mercy, but the love of her Heart helps move us to open our hearts to receive Gods gifts. It becomes one if we make it our intention when we inhale to receive Gods rejected Merciful Love into our emptiness. And the key lines that reveal its essence are actually' two questions. God is so good. Shes one of the most important people in my life because she saved my priestly vocation and gave me hope. Help me to embrace the Little Way with all my heart. What? To address such difficulties, I dedicated a whole section of the book Consoling the Heart ofJesus to the question, How can I console Jesus if hes happy in heaven?195 Since that time, however, Ive reflected even more deeply on this topic, and here Id like to share some insights that both complement that earlier writing and help summarize the theology of consoling the Heart of Jesus (in three points). Teach me to pray with my whole heart, Jesus, I trust in you. Heres what I mean: Jesus likes to keep little souls little. She was actually quite big. And then theyd go on about Thereses impressive virtues, desires, sacrifices, and sufferings such that Id think to myself: Well, maybe the Little Way is too big for me. Read Online 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Divine Mercy Consecration Kindle Unlimited by Michael E. Gaitley (Author) PDF is. Well, die way to relieve his heartache is by receiving his mercy. 32 Since that time, the popes have added three more saints to the list of the Doctors of the Church, raising the total to 36. This book, on the other hand, is about drinking from that fountain. 140 Cited in Gaucher, p. 186. 120 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE DAY 31 The Offering Three words summarize what we learned about the Offering to Mercifiil Love: (1) Console, (2) The Catch, and (3) Purgatory. DAY 24 Liturgical Darkness Yesterday, we learned the secret to overcoming our blindness to our own personal sins, the secret to being little: the fire of Gods love. I suggest that the answer comes from what we learned on Day 6 of this retreat. Well, if we can discover the secret to her littleness, then well discover the secret to her sanctity. Savor it for a moment before you let it go. It is impossible for me to grow up, and so I must bear with myself such as I am with all my imperfections. No. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, STL National Shrine of The Divine Mercy Stockbridge, Massachusetts December 8, 2015 Solemnity' of die Immaculate Conception Beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy Acknowledgements Permission to cite from the following is gratefully acknowledged: From Story ofa Soul, translated by John Clarke, O.C.D. As we also learned on Day 13, St. Therese is a prophet w ho teaches us that in the present time of mercy, God w ants to work some of the greatest miracles of his mercy in the history of the WEEK FOUR: Into the Darkness 105 world. Mary was full of praise because of the great things God had done for her. 35 grasping that mystery in the midst of which they daily lived (see Lk 2:48-50). [Each day this week, you will (1) read the appropriate day from 33 Days to Morning Glory, (2) pray the Magnificat, and. In the next paragraph, Therese states yet another desire and another bold petition: (4) I want to console You for the ingratitude of the wicked, and I beg of You to take away my freedom to displease You. I know this because in my travels, when Ive given talks about the Offering, Ive often begun by asking, Who here has ever heard of the Offering to Merciful Love? Truth be told, Ive never seen more than about 5 percent of the people raise their hands. She remained steadfast in faith as she held onto the words spoken to her by the Lord and pondered them in her heart. Mk 3:21 -35) that day by day there was fulfilled in her the blessing uttered by Elizabeth at the Visitation: Blessed is she who believed.20 Alright, but what was it that Mary believed specifically as she lived under the same roof with Jesus and during his public life? See also The Context ofHoliness, pp. (428 pages.) I mean, why should we get excited about Gods abundant mercy for sinners if we dont really think were sinners? Sometimes we may be tempted to avoid going to Jesus because of our weaknesses, sinfulness, and attachments. In fact, the Mercifiil Love that comes from Family B to Family A becomes, in a sense, Family As second chance to receive Gods mercy. It is corroborated by human experience. This invitation pleased Jesus so much that he filled her with a superabundance of his mercy, and the experience of it became the very center of Thereses whole spirituality, leading her to the heights of holiness. I Myself will defend it as My own glory (48). Again, I dont know about you, but I choose mercy and hope to live mercy. Remember Sr. Febronie? After she asked if it were possible even for someone like her to hope to go straight to heaven after death, Therese replied, Yes! For the sake of Christs sorrowful passion, we just need at least three people calling out to the Father: Have mercy on us and on the whole world! Thats the Chaplet. You have great and incom prehensible rights over My Heart, for you are a daughter of complete trust (Diary, 718). (3) Keep trusting: Keep trusting and believing that God will satisfy our desires for holiness, even if we dont yet fully understand how. Yes. In sum, then, heres the catch: Its to accept to have a heart thats more loving, compassionate, and merciful. This is appropriate because Jesus asked that the Divine Mercy Image be solemnly blessed on Divine Mercy' Sunday and vener ated publically.224 Endnotes 1 Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, trans. Really, I am far from being a saint, and what I have just said is proof of this; instead of rejoicing, for example, at my aridity, I should attribute it to my little fervor and lack of fidelity; I should be desolate for having slept (for seven years) during my [Holy Hours] and my thanksgivings after Holy Communion; well, I am not desolate. That means well be moved to pray for the conversion of hardened sinners die very same ones who rejected die graces of mercy that well be receiving. Of course not. 190 See, for example, Diary, 611, 651. I choose to remain always little, not relying on my own merits but solely on yours, dear Lord, and those of the Blessed Mother. So, if you want God to be strict with everyone, and if you yourself decide to be strict with others, then God will be strict with you. I know that this whole multitude of sins would be lost in the twinkling of an eye like a drop of water cast into a burning furnace. I beg You to cast Your Divine Glance upon a great number of little souls. By the way, Pope Francis has a great devotion to St. Therese and often receives a white rose from she who said, [A]fter my death [I] will send down a shower of roses (Cited in The Passion of Therese of Lisieux by Guy Gaucher [New York: Crossroad, 1989], p. 194). In other words, now is the time of mercy. Lens of Mercy. Then, three months later, she appeared to St. Therese in a dream. In order that those who committed these sins may, after repenting, remain humble (p. 70). My Heart drinks only of the ingratitude and forgetfulness of souls living in the world. (3) Keep trusting and believing that God will satisfy your desires for holiness. The soul, illumined by a ray of Gods powerful final grace, turns to God in the last moment with such a power of love that, in an instant, it receives from God forgiveness of sin and punishment, while outwardly it shows no sign either of repentance or of contrition, because souls [at that stage] no longer react to external things. Saint Faustina even went so far as to describe holiness according to the path of mercy as very easy: O my Jesus, how very easy it is to become holy; all that is needed is a bit of good will. She is in purgatory, surely because she had trusted too little in the mercy of the good Lord. Theyre not essential to the consecration. This most blessed among women lived a hidden life in an unknown little town while bearing the same burdens of countless ordinary people. So, in times of darkness, when youre tempted to discouragement because of your own weakness, brokenness, and sin remember that smile. Because of what she went through on Calvary. For, from the ecce moment, we eventually move to the fiat moment. You can either use die Prayer of Consecration to Merciful Love, Thereses own Offering to Merciful Love, or botii.182 Whichever you use, I recommend that you recite die prayer after attending Mass or even after receiving Holy Communion (if theres time). Still, theres such a thing as heaven on earth. Yet hes wrapped in swaddling clothes and resting in a poor manger? Without me, you are nothing. 48 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE It teaches that few are saved, that you have to be perfect to go to Jesus, and that you must earn his love, especially by multiply ing great works and painful sacrifices. I say that because, as we just learned, Mary leads us to Divine Mercy. Outwardly, it seems as if everything were lost, but it is not so. If this bilateral and reciprocal quality' is absent, our actions are not yet true acts of mercy, nor has there yet been fully completed in us that conversion to which Christ has shown us the way by His words and example, even to the Cross, nor are we yet sharing fully in the magnificent source of merciful love that has been revealed to us by Him (14). Consoling the Heart of Jesus, and the new book 33 Days to Merciful Love. Today, Fr Gaitley, in "33 Days to Merciful Love", introduces Mary, the mother of faith. 23-53. Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. Now, of course, in one sense, theres nothing lacking in Christs suffering. the moments of breathing is called empty. Its that brief, fragile moment in between an exhale and an inhale that, if we were to hold it too long, we might pass out. During Mass, the young nun received the inspiration and burning desire to offer herself to Merciful Love. Ah, yes. In fact, its to trust even beyond that. Specifically, would you pray the following prayer of St. Therese for us? But Sr. Marie of St. Joseph did not despair. DAY 30 The Little Way Three words summarize what we learned about the Little Way. Thats all well and good, but I dont always feel full of praise and thanks, especially when its hard to be grateful because of lifes hurts. Isnt that the truth? For example, we console Jesus when we alleviate the suffering of the poor, the sick, and die lonely, for they truly are Christ to us. But theres more to the story. Week Three will treat the Offering to Merciful Love. station19.cebu 1,8 Ibid., pp. In this way you will console My Heart. In her Letter 197, she powerfully expresses this idea: [T]he weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love [B]ut we must consent to remain always poor and without strength, and this is die difficulty Ah! More specifically, it began with a lie: Eve listened to the lie of the serpent, a lie that made God seem jealous, selfish, and conniving. Its to save the world.15 Thars Gods master plan in this time of mercy'. And he came to her and said, Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you! But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. Youre ready to breathe back out to the Lord your love and mercy, your praise and thanks. He was clothed in a dazzling robe, lais face gloriously bright, a cloud beneath his feet. The flames of mercy are burning Me. But then, when we have to endure the torture of being quiet and alone in our own rooms,151 we realize that in the eyes of the world, were not so important or attractive. Now, today, were going to reflect on how the love that fills up the abyss of our nothingness also overflows. Jesus was sleeping as usual in my little boat; ah! Help me to believe in God and bis love for me, even when life seems meaningless, routine, and empty. Having lost her biological mother to cancer at the age of 3 and her adopted mother to Carmel at the age of 9, she became an emotional mess who would cry at the slightest provocation. God alone, content with my weak efforts, will raise me to Himself and make me a saint, clothing me in His infinite merits (Story ofa Soul, p. 72). He was willing to prose to God that he loved him more than his own son. DAY OF CONSECRATION: 'The Happy Day' In the evening of this life, I shall appear before You with empty hands, for I do not ask You, Lord, to count my works. Most of all I imitate the conduct of Magdalene; her astonishing or rather her loving audacity which charms the Heart of Jesus also attracts my own. To get to that point, a unifying statement to summarize die main points of what weve learned may be helpful. Problem is, not everyone accepts, receives, and draws from such a superabundant source. 181 Story ofa Soul, p. 165. Endnotes 179 38 Cited in ibid., p. 54. And then you can be sure that you will not have to go to purgatory.108 How can we be sure that we will not have to go to purga tory? 33 Days to Merciful Love is the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. 1 View; 151 The French philosopher Blaise Pascal said that the sole cause of mans unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quiedy tn his own room (Pensees. Free Shipping on Orders over $75! Alright, well, because were looking for a unifying statement, something diat can summarize the main points of what weve learned, it may be helpfal to have something more. The most obvious one is the Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday. Well learn more about that tomorrow. 30 Because St. Josephs heroic faith is so essentially linked to that of Mary, his inclusion is implied in die attention here given to the faith of his spouse. Yesterday, we learned that the Offering to Merciful Love heals our hardened hearts, making them more sensitive and compas sionate. )187 These words speak for themselves. He knew that the Offering to Merciful Love is not well known. The heart-healing graces of die Offering to Merciful Love dont usually come all at once. As far as I can tell, it is only Sr. Genevieve who expands on this (in the aforementioned citations), which puts little souls at ease. 81-83 to learn more about how she lived a spirituality of consoling Jesus.) And so, in diis way, God manifests His infinite grandeur. In other words, when the Lord stoops down to litde souls, it makes his glory shine even more. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!216 You, at least, come to Me as often as possible and take these graces they do not want to accept. Since You deigned to give me a share in this very precious Cross, I hope in heaven to resemble You and to see shining in my glorified body the sacred stigmata of Your Passion. How you grieve me! Abrahams temptation clearly would have been to think that God is a liar, that he doesnt keep his promises. In fact, his Merciful Heart is particularly attracted to the weakest, most sinful souls. I beg You to choose a legion of little Victims worthy of Your LOVE!74 So, in view of Thereses prayer for little souls, I repeat: If you live the Little Way, that is, if you recognize die darkness of your litdeness, keep trying to grow in holiness, and trust in the Lords promise of mercy, you will become a saint. And its not pride to hope for it.73 Rather, its humility. Or we at least need to be properly taught from diem. She, too, had a heart that was bleeding and broken. Is something lacking in Christs suffering? Of course, as weve already learned, St. Therese helps us with this. Well, everything. The word conse cration means to set apart for God. As soon as she does anything wrong, everybody must know it. Again, because Mary is the New Eve. Its where people live as if God did not exist, as if theres no heaven, as if this world is all there is. 164 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE 1 jTart's Words Applied to Breathing. Using the same 33-day preparation format, 33 Days to Merciful Love journeys with one of the most beloved saints of modern times, St. Thrse of Lisieux, and concludes with a consecration to Divine Mercy. Because, again, as the Cate chism teaches, all sin involves a lack of trust in Gods goodness. I love you! We thought that was the end, when, suddenly, she raised her eyes, eyes that were full of life and shining with an indescribable happiness surpassing all her hopes. [That] sublime gaze lasted for the space of a Credo. Then she closed her eyes and the whiteness of her face, which had become more accentuated during the ecstasy, returned to normal. And why is that? Well recall that she, too, did not fully understand. Well, its as simple as breathing sort of. 141 APPENDIX ONE: Living the Offering. 153 APPENDIX TWO: Family Offering and Divine Mercy Image Enthronement 169 Endnotes 177 Resource Pages .. 203 In Gratitude First off, Id like to thank Fr. Especially bless those who visit our home may they experience your mercy here. We all know the story. 113 Cited in The Power of Confidence, p. 347. And what does our heavenly mother do when she wins such hearts? DAY 10 Discovery of Divine Mercy Thereses discovery of the Little Way a straight, short, and totally new way to die heights of holiness for litde souls is really a discovery of Divine Mercy. But St. Therese of Lisicux, Doctor of the Church, has brought such devotional prayer to new and amazing heights. 33 days is a long time to be on retreat, and it just might happen that, despite our good intentions and best efforts, we'll miss a day (or days) of the readings and prayers. Perhaps its to have a business meeting, a celebration, or simply to get die furnace fixed. Right again. Confidendy, I stated my conclusion, And so 40 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE the best way to remove that thorn and console him is to fra# him. Michael, youre absolutely right. Great! 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