The following is an excerpt from the Marian Press book 52 Weeks with St. Faustina by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle:
“You are My joy; you are My heart’s delight.” — Jesus to Sr. Faustina (Diary, 27)
Left, right, or center, I think we all agree: The United States is facing a unique and potentially quite serious array of challenges right now.
Not a day goes by without some major news. It will, of course, only accelerate as we plunge into the midst of an election year. So what are we as Catholics and Americans to do?
By Marc Massery
Gabriel Zowam of the Ebu tribe in Elugu, Nigeria, hardly ever misses his chance to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy every day at the 3 o’clock hour.
“Divine Mercy is spreading very much here,” he said. “At 3 p.m., many people gather in churches to say the Chaplet. It’s the same thing in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. People are passionate about it.”
The following is an excerpt from the Marian Press book 52 Weeks with St. Faustina by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle:
“Mary is my Instructress, who is ever teaching me how to live for God. My spirit brightens up in Your gentleness and Your humility, O Mary.”
— Diary, 620
By Marc Massery
Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary, and you'll find spiritual gems. Like this one:
[Jesus said], "My daughter, give Me souls. Know that it is your mission to win souls for Me by prayer and sacrifice, and by encouraging them to trust in My mercy," (1690).
Are you worried about the salvation of someone you love? There are two ways we can win souls for Jesus.
By Marc Massery
On St. Patrick’s Day Sunday, March 17, 2013, the sky gleamed the most beautiful shade of blue over South Bend, Indiana. Little did Diana McKeown know that on that day, her world would quite actually come crashing down around her.
Thankfully, her fervent devotion to Divine Mercy and trust in Jesus delivered her safely through one of the more bizarre disasters in recent United States history.
By Marc Massery
Turn to any page of the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and you find spiritual gems. Like this one:
Truly, Jesus, I become frightened when I look at my own misery, but at the same time I am reassured by Your unfathomable mercy, which exceeds my misery by the measure of all eternity. This disposition of soul clothes me in Your power. O joy that flows from the knowledge of one’s self! (66)
By Chris Sparks
Put no trust in princes,
in children of Adam powerless to save.
Who breathing his last, returns to the earth;
that day all his planning comes to nothing (Ps 146:3-4).
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched their “Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate” campaign this month, “a year-long initiative that invites Catholics to model civility, love for neighbor, and respectful dialogue” in this forthcoming election year.
By Marc Massery
Turn to any page of St. Faustina's Diary and you find spiritual gems. Like this one, in which Jesus says:
Lie down and take your rest. I have let you experience in three hours what I suffered during the whole night. … My host, you are refreshment for My tormented Heart (1054, 1056).
The following is an excerpt from the Marian Press book 52 Weeks with St. Faustina by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle:
“The more I come to know Him, the more ardently, the more fiercely I love Him, and the more perfect my acts become.” — Diary, 231
