Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
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Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2022
Jesus, the Kingdom Incarnate and the Heart of the Encounter
Uniting ourselves to the whole Church on the synodal journey it has begun, and walking this path together as a global community of Regnum Christi apostles who want to listen and discern where the Lord leads us, we pray that through this novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus we may find renewed enthusiasm to go out to meet people where they are and where they need to meet Christ, and bring them his love in a more fruitful way as missionaries of the Word and apostles of the Kingdom.
We seek to “contemplate God with the eyes of faith through his revealed Word and the life-giving contact of the Sacraments, so that, in daily life, we may see the reality that surrounds us in the light of his providence, judge it according to Jesus Christ, Way, Truth and Life, and act from the Church, Mystical Body of Christ and universal Sacrament of salvation, in the propagation of the kingdom of God, which is sown on this earth and which bears full fruit in Heaven.” (concluding document of the the 5th General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate)
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Daily Novena Prayers:
Day 1: Wednesday, June 15 — God, Friend of Mankind
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
Jesus Christ, God made man, reveals himself as Emmanuel, God with us (Matthew 1:23). Contained in this name is the secret of God and his deepest identity. From the moment he took human flesh, my flesh, God showed me the solemnity of his promise to be with me every day until the end of time (Matthew 28:20).
In the Sacred Heart of Jesus, flesh of my flesh, the human and the divine are unified. This burning heart is a covenant of loving friendship with me. Through it I can see the heart of God in all his immense tenderness, goodness, and mercy for me. In Jesus Christ, “God wished to enter into the limits of human history and the human condition. He took on a body and a heart. Thus, we can contemplate and encounter the infinite in the finite, the invisible and ineffable Mystery in the human Heart of Jesus” (Benedict XVI, Angelus, 1 June 2008).
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 2: Thursday, June 16 — Mankind, Friend of God
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
The encounter with Christ involves two actions: that of God, who never tires of seeking me, and that of my heart, ready to listen to him and to accept his word. My life-long goal is to learn to listen to God and make the decision to let myself be found by him. This is how I demonstrate my friendship to him.
Although I sometimes do not listen, although I do not always accept him (see John 1:11), God, who cannot contradict himself, will always be a seeker of my heart. Like the father of the prodigal son who eagerly awaits the return of his beloved son, like the good shepherd who longs to find his lost sheep, or like the woman who seeks her coin (see Luke 15). God’s heart is restless until it rests dwelling in me (see John 14:23). His love is the foundation of my love, of my friendship with Him.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 3: Friday, June 17 — The Encounter with Christ
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
Above all, my life is called to be an encounter with Jesus Christ, an experience of his personal, real, passionate, and faithful love for me and for others. By the work of the Holy Spirit, I discover myself as a child in the Son. Christ becomes for me the center, criterion, and model of my life. Of all the possible places for my encounter with the Heart of Christ, the most profound ones include the Gospel, the Eucharist, the cross, and my neighbor.
This encounter with God’s love in the Heart of Christ not only allows me to experience what love really is, but also my great need for him. It is an encounter that leads to conversion of heart and thought, so that it may be more and more Christ and his love who lives in me. In this way, encountering Christ allows me to discover more deeply who I am, and who I am called to be.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 4: Saturday 18 June — The Communal Dimension of the Encounter With Christ
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
In the dead and risen Christ and in the outpouring of his Holy Spirit given to me without measure (see John 3:34), I find myself sharing in the divine intimacy between the Father, the Son, and this very same Spirit. God who is a perfect communion of love invites me to discover him in community by breaking the bread of the Word and the Eucharist with others (Luke 24:13-35). For where “two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst” (Matthew 18:20).
A lived faith frees me from the isolation of self because it leads me to communion. This encounter with the triune God is an act of being called together, of being unified with others, and at the same time, of living my responsibility towards others. In experiencing God who became poor for me so he could unite with me even in my poverty (2 Cor 8:9), I discover the call to walk together with others in their various needs. This personal encounter with God who was made man for me frees my heart from being closed in on itself, giving it direction and meaning in a community of faith.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 5: Sunday 19 June — Missionaries of the Word, Apostles of the Kingdom
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
“Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32). As in the case of the disciples of Emmaus, the experience of the Word of God resonating in my heart has the power to transform my life, to the point of turning my sorrows into joy and making me a missionary disciple of the Gospel: “they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:33)
Jesus Christ, a person both human and divine, is the ultimate Word that the Father speaks to us. The encounter with this Word, with the Living Christ who calls me to follow him, is made possible in a special way through reading, meditating on, and sharing the Gospel texts. His Word, listened to attentively in community, sets us on the path, because it is also addressed to others, to all others. As a baptized person, I become a messenger of the Living Word together with all other baptized people, so that this Word may be heard throughout the world.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 6: Monday 20 June — To See as the Heart of Jesus Does
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
I want to see you, Lord! I want to behold your power and your glory, for your love is worth more than life! (see Psalm 63:2-4) The Lord, with his Heart full of love, is present in my life, in the day-to-day, and if I open my eyes of faith, I will be able to contemplate his face. Through all the events in my life, God himself speaks to me and calls me to collaborate with him, for he is always present with his providence. With his power, he grows his Kingdom even where it might seem to me to be absent (Mark 4:26-29).
To see him, it is necessary to observe the reality I live immersed in with the desire to discover his face. This desire is a living faith. It is a discernment made by listening to the Holy Spirit to find the beating Heart of the Lord around me. Where are you Lord? Where do you dwell? (John 1:38) These questions asked of the Lord allow me to open my eyes of faith to see the events of my life as he sees them and to love through them as he loves. In this way, I can stay with him, even during the darkest nights of my life.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 7: Tuesday, June 21 — To Discern as the Heart of Jesus Does
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
In my life there is wheat and there are weeds (Matthew 13:24-52). It’s neither all good nor all bad. Sometimes envy, suspicion, and negative perspectives have rooted in my heart so deeply that they lead me into a slavery that makes me scream, “Who will deliver me from this mortal body?” (Rom 7:24) Approaching the Heart of Jesus not only allows me to see my life differently, but it transforms my judgment about things.
Only the Sacred Heart of Jesus allows me to discern correctly between good and evil, between the life and death present in my daily life, to be able to choose what leads me to life. Like St. John, it is a matter of reclining my head on the Master’s chest to listen to his heartbeat and align my heart with his, to experience this God-with-us, this God-with-me, in the daily moments of my life and thus experience the treasure of the Good News already present in my field (Matthew 13: 44-45).
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 8: Wednesday 22 June — To Act as the Heart of Jesus Does
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
Contact with the Heart of Jesus burning with love can only ignite me to serve others attentively in their many needs. If he has loved me so much, how can I not love as he has loved me? (John 13:34).
Letting myself be ignited by his Spirit of love, my life becomes the presence of Christ in today’s world. In my face, his face lights up, in my hands, his hands work, in my action is his action. We become collaborators with God in his work of making the Kingdom present and the acclamation, “Christ Our King, Thy Kingdom Come!” is increasingly made real in my life and through my life.
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
Day 9: Thursday, June 23 — The Sacred Heart, Place of Encounter With Christ
V/ Come Lord Jesus!
R/ Make my heart like yours!
V/ O Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ I trust in you.
Sometimes my heart experiences a great yearning, a deep homesickness, for God. Rather than feeling guilty for having lost my way, in this deep desire I am called to discover the invitation to welcome his living presence in me once again. The sanctuary of this encounter is my own heart, where my freedom and intelligence meet Christ and his Heart.
It is quite a discovery to realize that the place where I meet Christ is precisely in this union between his Heart and mine. It is the dwelling place that God has made in me (John 14:23) and from it he calls me to make his Kingdom present in the world. Knowing this, a prayer springs from the depths of my being, at once simple and profound, “Jesus, make my heart like yours!”
V/ Let us pray:
Christ Jesus, give me the grace to experience the full strength of your heart’s love. Help me to always be willing to let myself be found by you. May we know how to live within your Sacred Heart so that, remaining united to you, we may live life as a profound encounter with you and with others, in your love.
R/ Amen
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
V/ Sacred Heart of Jesus
R/ Thy Kingdom Come!
“Always pray and never give up” – Luke 18:1
June for the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
Pray for God’s Peace in the World!
- The Litany of the Sacred HeartLord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on us.Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mother,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Substantially united to the Word of God,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Of Infinite Majesty,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of charity,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Vessel of Justice and love,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Full of goodness and love,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all virtues,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Most worthy of all praises,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, In Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, In Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Divinity,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in Whom the Father is well pleased,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Of Whose fullness we have all received,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Desire of the everlasting hills,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Patient and abounding in mercy,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Rich unto all who call upon Thee,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Fountain of life and holiness,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Atonement for our sins,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Filled with reproaches,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Bruised for our offenses,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Made obedient unto death,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Pierced with a lance,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Source of all consolation,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Our Life and Resurrection,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Our Peace and Reconciliation,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Victim for our sins,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Salvation of those who hope in Thee,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Hope of those who die in Thee,
Have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Delight of all the Saints,
Have mercy on us.Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Make our hearts like unto Thine.Let us pray.Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thine most-beloved Son, and upon the praises and satisfaction He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and appeased by worthy homage, pardon those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy Great Goodness in the name of the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.FATHER BEVIL BRAMWELL, O.M.I.
The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was celebrated on Friday, but the entire month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
In his encyclical “On Devotion to the Sacred Heart” (Haurietis aquas), Pope Pius XII pointed to the moment in Jesus’ life where he says: “If any man thirst, let him come to me, and let him drink he who believes in me. As the Scripture says: ‘Out of his heart there shall flow rivers of living waters.’ Now this He said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in Him.” (John 7:37-39) The pope specifically focused on the fact that Jesus describes himself as the source of living water, a symbol of the fountain of life that is the Holy Spirit.
This wondrous phenomenon has renewed importance just now because our current mood resembles the pessimistic and agitated mood in the 1950s during the Cold War when the encyclical was promulgated. The pandemic, the violent protests, and the social polarization are exerting pressure on us all. Yet in the midst of everything — even as many all over the world are dealing with serious illness and death — Christ stands as the infinite source of comfort, love, and peace.
The words that most touched me in the encyclical were Pius XII’s use of a passage from Saint Paul: “Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)
In other words, in their devotion to the Sacred Heart, the faithful are not living merely within their own limitations. The prayer to the Sacred Heart calls upon the Spirit of God, which moves us in ways we would not discover solely on our own: “the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings.” (Romans 8:26)
So, whatever we are feeling because of what is happening around us, if we can gather ourselves enough to actually form a prayer in our hearts, God does the rest in his providential care. Or as Pius XII put it: “The Sacred Heart of Jesus shares in a most intimate way in the life of the Incarnate Word and has been thus assumed as a kind of instrument of the Divinity.”
So, whatever we are feeling because of what is happening around us, if we can gather ourselves enough to actually form a prayer in our hearts, God does the rest in his providential care.
This is not just some pious thought or theological abstraction. The pope hearkens back to another specific moment in Jesus’ life: “What is here written of the side of Christ, opened by the wound from the soldier, should also be said of the heart which was certainly reached by the stab of the lance, since the soldier pierced it precisely to make certain that Jesus Christ crucified was really dead.”
What are the effects of the wounding of Jesus’ sacred heart? It fired up the apostles and the martyrs to witness to their faith right to the end. It inspired the doctors of the Church with tireless zeal to teach the faith. It drove the “confessors” to develop virtues both for themselves and as an example to others. It motivated virgins “to a free and joyful withdrawal from the pleasures of the senses and to the complete dedication of themselves to the love of their heavenly Spouse.”
The marvelous focus of our adoration on the Sacred Heart shows it to be the source of divine love but also the example of all of the virtues. He is the living presence of our salvation radiating from the heart of the Church, which after all is his Body. (Romans 12:5)
That was the main point of the encyclical: because the wounded Sacred Heart achieves so much as its divine charity overflows into the world, it should be paid due honor. It is something far beyond anything that we can imagine: “The Heart of Christ is overflowing with love both human and divine and rich with the treasure of all graces which our Redeemer acquired by His life, sufferings, and death, it is, therefore, the enduring source of that charity which His Spirit pours forth on all the members of His Mystical Body.”
As a result, we may be confident that there will be more apostles, martyrs, doctors, confessors, and virgins. This glorious tradition will continue until the end of time. Perhaps some of us may even be inspired to join their ranks.
Almighty and eternal God,
in your unfailing love you provide
ministers for your Church.
We pray for those whom you call
to serve the Church of St. Albert the Great as priests
Inspire in them a generous response.
Grant them courage and vision to
serve your people
May their lives and service call your
people to respond to the presence
of your Spirit among us
that, faithful to the Gospel and
hope of Jesus the Christ, we may:
announce glad tidings to the poor
proclaim liberty to captives,
set prisoners free
and renew the face of the earth. Amen!
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How to Recite the Chaplet
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary Rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and followed by a closing prayer.
1. Make the Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
2. Optional Opening Prayers
St. Faustina’s Prayer for Sinners
O Jesus, eternal Truth, our Life, I call upon You and I beg Your mercy for poor sinners. O sweetest Heart of my Lord, full of pity and unfathomable mercy, I plead with You for poor sinners. O Most Sacred Heart, Fount of Mercy from which gush forth rays of inconceivable graces upon the entire human race, I beg of You light for poor sinners. O Jesus, be mindful of Your own bitter Passion and do not permit the loss of souls redeemed at so dear a price of Your most precious Blood. O Jesus, when I consider the great price of Your Blood, I rejoice at its immensity, for one drop alone would have been enough for the salvation of all sinners. Although sin is an abyss of wickedness and ingratitude, the price paid for us can never be equalled. Therefore, let every soul trust in the Passion of the Lord, and place its hope in His mercy. God will not deny His mercy to anyone. Heaven and earth may change, but God’s mercy will never be exhausted. Oh, what immense joy burns in my heart when I contemplate Your incomprehensible goodness, O Jesus! I desire to bring all sinners to Your feet that they may glorify Your mercy throughout endless ages (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, 72).
You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
(Repeat three times)
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!
3. Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen.
4. Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
5. The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
6. The Eternal Father
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
7. On the 10 Small Beads of Each Decade
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
8. Repeat for the remaining decades
Saying the “Eternal Father” (6) on the “Our Father” bead and then 10 “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion” (7) on the following “Hail Mary” beads.
9. Conclude with Holy God (Repeat three times)
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
10. Optional Closing Prayers
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion — inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.
O Greatly Merciful God, Infinite Goodness, today all mankind calls out from the abyss of its misery to Your mercy — to Your compassion, O God; and it is with its mighty voice of misery that it cries out. Gracious God, do not reject the prayer of this earth’s exiles! O Lord, Goodness beyond our understanding, Who are acquainted with our misery through and through, and know that by our own power we cannot ascend to You, we implore You: anticipate us with Your grace and keep on increasing Your mercy in us, that we may faithfully do Your holy will all through our life and at death’s hour. Let the omnipotence of Your mercy shield us from the darts of our salvation’s enemies, that we may with confidence, as Your children, await Your [Son’s] final coming — that day known to You alone. And we expect to obtain everything promised us by Jesus in spite of all our wretchedness. For Jesus is our Hope: through His merciful Heart, as through an open gate, we pass through to heaven (Diary, 1570).
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