124 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE It has to do with the reality of Gods love his burning, passionate, infinite love. My grace is not lost; if the soul for whom it was intended does not accept it, another soul takes it (1017). Prophets & Kings__1890__the Seventh Day Adventist Bible study. I will not stop singing my song of love until the choir ofAngels picks it up. And by the way, if you plan to make your consecration in a group setting, see the note at the bottom of page 137. For example, when Thereses sister Celine said to the future saint, What I envy about you are your good works, Therese responded by quoting Johannes Tauler: If I love the good that is in my neighbour as much as he loves it himself', diat good is as much mine as it is his. Through this communion 1 can enrich myself with all the good that there is in heaven and on earth, in the angels, in the saints and in all those who love God (cited in the Study Edition of Story of a Soul, prepared by Marc Foley, OCD [Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications, 2005], p. 107). He hurries to give Himself to the soul, and nothing can stop Him, neither shortcomings or falls absolutely nothing. So, her aim is to love God with his own perfect love. Indeed, the Offering to Merciful Love is not to offer oneself to divine Justice and its harsh punishments. You do a great injury to God in believing youre going to purgatory. I want, O my Beloved, at each beat of my heart to renew this offering to You an infinite number of times, until the shadows having disappeared I may be able to tell You of my Love in an Eternal Face to Face!1*3 Please note: If on your day of consecration, you recite your consecration prayer with a group, I highly recommend only using the Prayer of Consecration to Merciful Love. But I dont understand why. The Heart of Christ, pierced with a lance and overflowing with blood and water thatxs the source of grace. I feel in my heart immense desires and it is with confidence I ask You to come and take possession of my soul. Console The essence of the Offering to Merciful Love is to console the Heart of Jesus by accepting all the Merciful Love that other souls dont want. Praem., Fr. 54 Cited in The Power ofConfidence, p. 283. I will also pray this prayer for you, and I hope you enjoyed your retreat. 98-99). The Mass is, as it were, heaven on earth. Let me explain. 136 Ibid., p. 224. 112-13. Youve been faithfully preparing for this moment for the last 33 days. God made himself vulnerable in Jesus Christ he put himself in need of our love and mercy for the sake offriendship. She remained steadfast in faith as she held onto the words spoken to her by the Lord and pondered them in her heart. Why? (3) Keep trusting: Keep trusting and believing that God will satisfy our desires for holiness, even if we dont yet fully understand how. The retreat book, 33 Days to Morning Glory, is . The three words from Scripture, in IV1 Latin, are as follows: ecce,fiat, magnificat. Among other things, die book asserts that every Carmelite should offer herself as a victim soul to Gods justice, and several nuns from the Lisieux convent did just that.84 Alright, so what did that offering mean? 41 DAY 7 New Eve of Light and Life This week, weve been looking at the meaning of trust, the heart of which comes through the examples of Abraham and Mary, who were blessed because they believed that what God had promised diem would be fulfilled. Now, St. Therese knew all this, so she tried to perfectly fulfill the commandment of love but she couldnt do it. 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? He looked like hed just seen a ghost, so I stopped what I was doing and gave him my full attention. Then, Week Four will cover the 24 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE topic of darkness as a bittersweet mystery in our own lives as well as in the life of St. Thercse. Moreover, she explains, God who is all gentle ness would moderate to excess the temporal punishment due to sin, because of our love.104 So, love carries us along the way, making everything, in a certain sense, raw.105 Its the way our loving and merciful God intended for us. I hope youll find these three recommen dations helpful for learning to see through the lens of mercy. All our justice is stained in Your eyes. She didnt like it because she thought it was presumptuous and too lenient so, she con fronted Therese about it. (See Appendix Two for more information.) He will go far, very far, in search of you, if at times you wander off a little.60 Or, as Jesus himself put it to St. Faustina: The greater die sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.61 Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. 1 believe it will become a spiritual classic, right up there with 33 Days to Morning Glory.''' Please give me such trust in Gods Word that I might even hope against hope. 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. Of course, Im still no saint, but at least I have hope that its possible. It is to her I abandon my offering, begging her to present it to You. 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. They are, to tell the truth, the spiritual riches that render one unjust, when one rests in them with complacence and WEEK TWO: The Little Way when one believes they are something great Ah! "207 He goes on to call dris reality a fragment of lifes deep logic.208 But if Jesus doesnt need us, then how can there be a true and loving friendship between him and us? And the key lines that reveal its essence are actually' two questions. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the popular book Consoling the Heart of Jesus, comes an extraordinary 33-day journey to Marian consecration with four giants of Marian spirituality: St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and St. John Paul II. 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! I said to myself, Its all about trusting Jesus in order to console him. At that point, 1 thought I was all set. Now, this doesnt mean we have to go on endless mission trips and pilgrimages. More specifically, I want us to see our present preparation for making an Offering to Mercifill Love not as an exercise in learning spiritual theology but, rather, as a response to Gods gift of mercy in this time of mercy. 91 Ibid., pp. To be litde is also to not attribute to oneself the virtues that one practices, believing oneself capable of anything, but to recognize that God places this treasure AFTER CONSECRATION: The Lens of Mercy 145 of virtue in the hands of His little child, to be used when necessary; but it remains always Gods treasure. 97 This is perhaps why God would accept the prayer of people who offered themselves as victim souls to divine Justice its because Jesus did it first! Now, of course, the piercing of her Heart hurt. Does this fact mean were unacceptable to the Lord? So, these rejected graces are free for the taking."' Therese was completely sane, and her words are actually consistent with the doctrine of her Little Way. Open navigation menu And, again, the death Therese implicitly says in the flight of her soul to God as makes this point a bit more Diary: of love allows one to bypass purgatory as text of the Offering when she describes the being without any delay. Saint Faustina explicit in the following passage from her Gods mercy sometimes touches the sinner at the last moment in a wondrous and mysterious way. 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). [T]he cross will remain the point of reference for other words too of the Revelation of John: Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. In a special way, God also reveals His mercy when He invites man to have mercy on His only Son, the crucified one. 63 Ibid., p. 113. Amen. This offering seemed great and very generous to me, but I was far from feeling attracted to making it.w After reading these lines, one can almost hear the sighs of relief from all little souls. And so, although he seems to be dead (because this is a meditation, you actually still console him), Mar} gently raises you to his lips. Perhaps its to have a business meeting, a celebration, or simply to get die furnace fixed. L: St. Joseph, L: St. Faustina, L: St. Therese, A: Pray for us. And Abraham was willing to do it. Saint Therese herself points this out in a remarkable passage at the end of her autobiography, a passage that weaves together her favorite truths of the Gospel the truths that she has rediscovered:58 I have only to cast a glance in the Gospels and immediately I breathe in the perfumes of Jesus life, and I know on which side to run. Copyright 1988 by Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications 2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. 8. Never before had I prayed with such inner power as I did then (474). Take St. Francis of Assisi. Why? In fact, he believes in its power to transform the world and so do I. I truly believe that this book can help light the fuse of the great grace-and-mercy bomb that is the Offering to Merciful Love and I'm just the person to write it! Again, because Mary is the New Eve. 98 See 33 Days to Morning Glory, pp. 1,8 Ibid., pp. Well answer it tomorrow. But thats actually where things start to get interesting. For instance, Francis would have certainly felt it sinful for him to accept a family inheritance of a mansion. Think of that. Whats the word he speaks as he knocks at the heart of every man? Merciful Love Book - Retreat Companion (working book with daily and weekly questions written by O. Michael Gately) - The Merciful Love Certificate - Prayer of the O. Retreat Companion for Priests by Fr. Remember Sr. Febronie? We console him. Then, that fiat moment eventually leads to magnificat, to praise and thanks. What should I fear then?90 Clearly, Thereses path is one of mercy and not justice. 180-1. There must be a path for little souls like her: a straight, short, and totally new way. I did this out of humility, but I soon recognized it was not true humility, but rather a great temptation from the devil. About the Program. She, too, had a heart that was bleeding and broken. Help me to live my ordinary life with an extraordinaryfaith, hope, and love. Now, some of us may have read it and thought that perhaps Therese is encouraging the sin of presumption by telling us to believe that we can bypass purgatory. As I mentioned yesterday, you have two choices (or three choices if youre making the consecration as a family see Appendix Two). Emphasis added 58 Pope Pius XII stated that St. Therese rediscovers the Gospel on tire occasion of the consecration of the Basilica ofLisieux on July 11, 1954 (AAS46 [1954], pp. Her presence there helps us to understand the catch that comes with being a victim soul to Merciful Love. And thats the beauty of Thereses path. What? Shop now. 33 Days to Merciful Love is the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. Customer reviews. 60 Cited in With Empty Hands, p. 104. Its to hope against hope that the Lords Merciful Love goes out to us not because were perfect, strong, and without sin, but because were imperfect, weak, and sinful. Let me put it this way: the Good News isnt really news if we dont feel were in need of it. Remember that image? The Good Samaritan, as it says later, is the one who showed mercy (v. 37). 9781596143456. eBay Product ID (ePID) 219649082. A little earlier I believe it would have plunged me into a state of discouragement.161 Okay, but what, specifically, was this trial that the Lord sent to Therese? Bless everyone we meet with the mercy you pour into our hearts. Time is nothing in Your eyes, and a single day is like a thousand years. Describing diis grace, she writes: The work I had been unable to do in ten years was done by Jesus in one instant, contenting himself with my good will which was never lacking. She truly "hoped against hope, and she kept on hoping, trusting, and believing until the very end, as well see tomorrow. The average Christian in our day struggles with attachments, addictions, deliberate venial sins, and even potentially grave sins. There, Marys Immaculate Heart was pierced with a sword as she beheld the agony of her Son. I thought I completely understood. Also, you might want to peek ahead to the second section of tomor rows reading, Before Consecration. (Dont worry. Its basically an organiza tion for those w ho complete a thorough adult-faith formation program that goes through all aspects of a Divine Mercy spiritu ality. Looking at a picture of two children with Jesus, she said: The other little one does not please me as much; hes acting like an adult. And this is so because few souls know the unfath omable mercy of God and His great goodness.9 Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. He spoke about mortal sin, and he described a soul in the state of sin and how much God hated it. In other words, our acceptance of Christs gift of mercy and salvation is also a gift that we give to him. For example, a group of college roommates could make the offering. 54 Ibid., pp. 276-77. But for that very reason, in a sense, God is giving us unprecedented grace. Not by necessity but by his free choice, God allowed himself, in Jesus Christ, to feel a need for our love. The distinction between mortal and venial sin, already evident in Scripture, became part of the tradition of the Church. But is he giving such a gift? In sum, then, heres the catch: Its to accept to have a heart thats more loving, compassionate, and merciful. Remem ber that? 21-23. (126 pages.) I suggest the following formula for making a Family Offering to Merciful Love, which begins with Jesus words to St. Faustina, who, like St. Therese, lived this spirituality to the full: LEADER: Jesus, you said to St. Faustina: The flames of mercy are burning me. Well, I was losing that hope and felt tempted to give up. Almost everyone else has abanJ^/doned him, but Mary is here with you. Its a choice to walk the path of spiritual childhood. You, at least, come to Me as often as possible and take these graces they do not want to accept. 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. During diose days, weve not only been reviewing the material, but weve also begun to put together all that weve learned. From the cloud, bolts of thunder and flashes of lightning were springing into his hands; and from his hand they were going forth, and only then were they striking the earth. since the happy day, it seems to me that Love penetrates and surrounds me, that at each moment this Merciful Love renews me Oh! I want no other Throne, no other Crown but Tou, my Beloved! Such saving faith truly is a gift of Christ through Mary. (We covered it in the reading for Day 9.) Furthermore, the act of receiving Gods Merciful Love (fiat) is also an act of trust, and both these acts of trust (ecce and fiat) tend to lead to a further act of trust, namely, praise and thanks (magnificat). And we believe her. To combat this, we may take even more selfies or rush off to accomplish even greater tilings to make a name for ourselves, to be some body. But the ache comes back because we can never do enough to satisfy our craving for greatness and love, and our precious accomplishments and digital images fade away like so much dust and vanity (Eccl 1:2).152 Now, make no mistake: We are called to be great, very great beyond-our-wildest-imaginings great. (Or, as Therese would put it, its the Little Way of mercy.) God is so good. I really feel that it is not this at all that pleases God in my little soul; what pleases Him is that He sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in His mercy That is my only treasure [W]hy would this treasure not be yours? Todays Prayer: Spend the day pondering how to live the Little Way as it is summarized in these three words: Recognize, Trust, and Try. As Christians, our hearts are supposed to be merciful. that the more You want togive, the more You make us desire. More Details. See also The Power of Confi dence, pp. In fact, he teaches us the essence of faith, which is to believe Gods Word, to believe that God is faithful to his prom ises, to believe that God is faithful even if it seems impossible. Witness that 1 choose to accept St. Thereses help as 1 prepare to offer myself to Merciful Love. Chris Alar, MIC, and Mark Moran for reasons that will become clear in the introduction. What a sweet joy it is to think that God is Just, i.e., that He takes into account our weakness, that He is perfectly aware of our fragile nature. Alright, so we simply remain litde and then wait for die Lord to stoop down, take us into his arms, and raise us to die heights, right? I mean, I couldnt have put the objection better myself. She sang a song of praise, her famous Magnificat, that glorious proclamation of Gods mere), which begins: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, My spirit rejoices in God my Savior, For he has looked with favor on his lowly servant (Lk 1:46-48). In other words, by taking on a human heart, God, in Christ, made himselfvulnerable. 570. That seems more like a pastoral or clinical relationship. I found myself pleading with God for the world with words heard interiorly. To help us understand, listen to what the Lord himself said to St. Faustina about the rejected grace and mercy of his Heart:93 I desire to bestow My graces upon souls, but they do not want to accept them. So, once again, do you want to help save the world? (The Poetry of Saint Therese ofLisieux, trans. And from her pierced Heart, we obtain the grace to have hearts that open up to receive the love and mercy pouring forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus (see Lk 2:35). : Our Sunday Visitor, 1980], p. 153). Why? Emphasis added. 1511 The spirituality of offering ourselves along with Christ during the Through him, and with him, and in him supercharged moment of the Mass also provides us with an opportunity to simplify our prayer for others. And can you make out the other main ideas in the middle paragraphs? It is a consignment that he gave us, but which comes from on High.75 So, were in a time of mercy, and we have that on the authority of the Pope. Well, the Offering to Merciful love is all about helping us grow in compassion, and it begins with having compassion for Jesus. (2) Keep trying to grow in holiness and do little things with great love. (After all, how could someone be fully human without desiring to be loved?) 38-39. During this blessed time, God wants to save the world by the power of Divine Mercy through us. Yes, I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth.166 112 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE We know that God granted the desires of this greatest saint of modern times. So, will you let her help you? Thank God for St. Therese. I say that because Jesus doesnt just want to pour out his rejected Merciful Love on individuals, like St. Therese. 71-83. But when we get too big in other words, when we dont fully and confidently abandon ourselves to God in this life then we have to endure useless sufferings, we have to endure the fire of purgatory. But Therese wants us to avoid it, and she believes that God wants us to avoid it, too. It is the time of mercy in the whole Church. 93 To further help us understand how Jesus actually needs us and that we can give relief to his Sacred and Merciful Heart, see the first section of Appendix One, How We Can Console Jesus. 94 Diary, 367. (When I renew my consecration annually, I like to recite the prayer from the original copy and then sign and date it again.) Although the reality' of Gods mercy for sinners is beyond the power of words to express, St. Faustina does try to lift the veil of the mystery in the following passages from her Diary. 116 Regarding rejected mercy being free for the taking, consider the following words of Jesus to St. Faustina recorded in her Diary: I desire to bestow My graces upon souls but they do not want to accept them. He asked the Lord, Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then destroy' the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? (Gen 18:24). And he goes on to make God look jealous, selfish, and conniving: For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God . In short, Satan casts doubt on Gods goodness, making him look evil and untrustworthy. Maybe youre not quite ready. Consider this: Jesus once told St. Faustina Saint Faustina If I were to reveal to you the whole misery that you are, you would die of terror.144 Now, I hesitate to bring up that quote, because 1 dont want little souls to begin beating themselves up and tailing into discouragement. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. What a hard test! Of course, the root of the worlds darkness is sin. Touched by grace, the sinful woman followed the Saint into the desert to perform a rigorous penance. (3) I offer You, too, all the merits of the saints (in heaven and on earth), their acts of Love, and those of the holy angels. Mary gently lowers you to the foot of 166 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE the Cross, where the blood and water again begin to flow down from the Lords pierced side and into your emptiness, into the poverty of your ecce. Get your copy of 33 Days to Merciful Love, the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. It remains only for us not to oppose Gods action (Diary, 283). Its to allow our hearts to become more like die heart of St. Francis of Assisi, who, in his great compassion for Jesus, went around weeping and crying out loud, Love is not loved! To help you figure out a good day to start your 33-day preparation for Divine Mercy consecration, check out the follow ing chart with recommended feast days and their starting dates: S tar t of Feast Day the 33 Days Consec&ation/Feast January 9 Our Lady of Lourdes February 11 February 20* The Annunciation March 25 Varies Divine Mercy Sunday Sunday after Easter April 10 Our Lady of Fatima May 13 April 28 The Visitation May 31 Varies Pentecost Sunday 50 days after Easter Varies Trinity Sunday Sunday after Pentecost Varies Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday after Corpus Christi Varies Immaculate Heart of Mary Saturday after Corpus Christi May 27 Sts. 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Consecration to Divine Mercy. Now, according to St. Faustina, such longing is the great suffering of purgatory.170 But here, in this life, such longing is not as bad. Divine Mercy in My Soul Paperback Y26-NBFD Compact edition Y26-DNBF Deluxe LeatherBound Edition Y26-DDBURG Audio Diary Mp3 Edition Y26-ADMP3 DivineMercyArt.com Top Quality Religious Art at Merciful Prices! I have never sought God in some far-off place, but within myself. So, we do have a lot of freedom regarding the way we choose to follow Christ and which truths of the Gospel will loom largest in our heart and conscience. Elsewhere she writes: The soul which offers itself to love does not ask for suffering, but, in delivering itself up entirely to the designs of love, it ac cepts all that Providence permits for it of joys, labor, trials, and it counts on infinite mercy for everything (Cited in Pere Jean du Coeur de Jesus dElbee, 1 Believe in Love: Retreat Confer ences on the Interior Life, trans. Yes. The Latin word ecce means behold. Mary spoke this word at the Annunciation when die angel Gabriel announced to 162 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE her that she would be the mother of the Messiah. Is something lacking in Christs suffering? (Imperfect contrition, on the other hand, is sorrow for sin because of fear of hell and punishment.) He will know how He can come and get you. He can get Sr. Marie, St. Therese, and all little souls by preparing us in one instant to appear before him.126 And so, without any fear, Therese comes to the Offering itself: WEEK THREE: The Offering to Merciful Love 89 (9) In order to Live in one single act of perfect Love, I OFFER MYSELF AS A VICTIM OF HOLOCAUST TO YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE, asking You to con sume me incessantly, allowing the waves of infinite tenderness shut up within You to overflow into my soul, and that thus I may become a martyr of Your Love, O my God! If we live this attitude of presenting our wretchedness to the Lord (ecce), receiving his mercy (fiat), and then praising and thanking him for his saving mercy (magnificat/ we can be assured that we wont seriously be wounding the Lord by our lack of trust for trust is not only praise and thanks, its also to receive Gods mercy- Remember how Fr. 33 Days to Merciful Love is the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. If the Lord never tires of forgiving, we have no other choice than this: first of all, to care for those who are hurting. Whats the word of the Lord for usl Its the word of the Cross. Oh, how' beyond comprehension is Gods mercy! I hear confessions. When we love, wre cant go there.100 And as for one of her novices who told her, I fear purgatory,107 Therese had this to say: You do not have enough trust. On the contrary, she saw humility as being what smacks magnanimitys horses in the rear, sending them racing to the moon! Of course, he could give such a gift if he wanted to. God is so good. We give ourselves to you and ask you to share with us your Immaculate Heart. Seraphim, it means praise and thanksgiving. It means to praise and thank God in all things. God Doesn't Need Us. In this way you will console My Heart. 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. Mercy. Join us for our spring Bible study and retreat, 33 Days to Merciful Love, the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory.Using the same 33-day preparation format, 33 Days to Merciful Love journeys with one of the most beloved saints of modern times, St. Therese of Lisieux, and concludes with a consecration to Divine Mercy. But theres another extremely important prayer for the present time of mercy: the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. the Love and merits of the Blessed Virgin, my dear Mother. And if theres one thing that Therese wants to say to us, its this: trust. Abrahams test was, above all, a test of faith. I want no other Throne, no other Crown but Ton, my Beloved! It is then that He particularly deserves mercy from the people to whom He has done good, and He does not receive it . I choose to remain always little, not relying on my own merits but solely on yours, dear Lord, and those of the Blessed Mother.175 Finally, 1 believe, my God, that you can and will make me into a saint, even if I wont see it, even if I have to struggle all my life against vice and sin, even if I have to wait until the very end. But Mary leads us and brings us to that source of grace, the Fountain of Mercy. Get Book . Because such suffering, by its very nature, is other-directed. how sweet is the way of Love!130 In fact, the year she made her offering truly was her year of mercy.131 We can call it that not only because she offered herselfto Merciful Love and experienced its powerful effects but also because she spent the whole year writing the first installment of her autobiography (called Manuscript A). His brother, on the contrary, throws himself into his fathers arms, protesting that he is sorry for hurting him, that he loves him, and that to prove it he will be good from now on. Copyright 1975, 1976, 1996 by Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications 2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. But the key here is to notice how it 28 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE all began: It began with a lie, a lie about Gods Word, a lie that east doubt on Gods goodness and trustworthiness. Of course, we can walk the path of merit by focusing on what we deserve. 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