But Abraham kept negotiating, What about for the sake of45? Yes, 111 spare it. 40? It begins with seeing that he longs to pour his Merciful Love out on sinners and that so many reject his love. And therefore although the angels feed on Christ spiritually, yet it does not belong to them to eat this sacrament spiritually. What? Therese ofLisieux, trans. Shes saying, I do not regret having offered myself to Love and neither will you!165 And shes asking you to let her do good for you and to fulfill her mission in you, a mission that she expressed shortly before her death: I feel especially that my mission is about to begin, my mission to make God loved as I love him, to give my little way to souls. I did this out of humility, but I soon recognized it was not true humility, but rather a great temptation from the devil. 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! Journey with St. Therese of Lisieux and discover 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Consecration to Divine Mercy, the stirring sequel to the Fr. After earths Exile, I hope to go and enjoy You in the Fatherland, but I do not want to lay up merits for heaven. 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. How can such a seemingly unimportant woman be so amazingly blessed? 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. So, after her trust in the Lords words was blessed, Mary immediately praised the Lord. 189 In my opinion, the best translation of St. Thereses autobiography Story ofa Soul is by John Clarke, OCD. So, not wanting to gather merits with downward facing, grasping hands, Therese wants to appear before the Lord with upward facing, poor, and empty' hands that are ready to receive Gods gift of himself. In a certain sense, God needs this womans help. 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. More specifically, what is Divine Mercy? since the happy day, it seems to me that Love penetrates and surrounds me, that at each moment this Merciful Love renews me.179 Now, my prayer for you is that you also will experience such joy on your consecration day. It will tear it suddenly (cited in Gaucher, p. 222). I desire to accomplish Your will perfectly and to reach the degree of glory You have prepared for me in Your Kingdom. Specifically, it follows the theology of her Offering to Merciful Love, which is essentially a consecration to Divine Mercy. Now, compassion means to suffer with, and such suffer ing, by its very nature, is other-directed. Amen. But no human being makes more of a difference than Mary when it comes to helping people obtain the grace and mercy flowing from the Heart of Jesus. And those words do not pass away because they were spoken by the Word Incarnate, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb 13:8). Again, because Mary is the New Eve. For instance, Francis would have certainly felt it sinful for him to accept a family inheritance of a mansion. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!95 lam looking for souls who would like to receive My grace.96 So, do you want to console Jesus by receiving his grace? We console him. Again, these three things are recommendations. Divine Mercy Consecration in General. Even though the world is immersed in darkness, our situation isnt hopeless. Of course, theres a big catch when it comes to the offering to Divine Justice: lots of suffering! Help me to do three things: (1) recognize the darkness of my littleness, (2) keep trying to grow in holiness, and (3) keep trusting in your mercy. I say that because, as we just learned, Mary leads us to Divine Mercy. 348.) Its about accepting diat we are to put up with ourselves with all the darkness of our weakness, brokenness, and sin widiout getting discouraged. Its to praise and thank God in all circumstances, because while we may not always understand his ways, we know and believe the love God has for us (1 Jn 4:16). Its these kinds of ordinary sinners who often have to fight the temptation to doubt Gods tender love for diem and these are the fortunate ones! At that very moment I felt in my soul the power of Jesus grace, which dwells in my soul. Now, lets turn to the third word spoken by Mary. Thereses heart was wounded, it is true, but here, love was answered by love the wound of love! I believe, he also and especially wants to pour out his mercy on families. For instance, she tells us that God cannot desire useless sufferings for us124 and that he even shields his eyes whenever we must endure it, because he doesnt want to have to see us suffer.125 88 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE (6) After earths Exile, I hope to go and enjoy You in the Fatherland, but I do not want to lay up merits for heaven. If so, then youre a little one. In fact, St. Therese believed that for little souls who live the Little Way and make the Offering to Merciful Love, purgatory can easily he avoided. 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. Recall that in the France of Thereses day, the heresy of Jansenism had a deep influence on Catholic spirituality. Of course, regarding that latter heaven, Im talking about the Mass, which is where we can love God the Father through, with, and in the Sons own perfect love (and even see that love in Sacrament). Stores . Its to let him pour out that rejected love into our own sinful but contrite hearts. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face. The Child Jesus part should be clear in light of the saints emphasis on the importance of having a childlike trust in God. So, for Week One, well focus on the backstory to Thereses teaching, a backstory that goes way back to the Garden of Eden, to the patriarch Abraham, and to Mary, the Mother of God. 33 Days to Merciful Love Group Retreat; Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told Series; Leaders . She knew that, compared to God, shed always be a weak, pitiful lover. In order that those who committed these sins may, after repenting, remain humble (p. 70). 108 Cited in The Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux on Purgatory by Hubert van Dijk, ORC, trans. In other words, it shows us what we are of our own sinful selves: empty, weak, and on the verge of passing out. Because, again, the wound has to do with God. We need only fear becoming one who sins but does not repent, one who tires of asking for forgiveness and ends up believing that he doesnt need to ask for it any more. Apart from falling into the evil habit of corruption, Therese would say that there is no reason to be afraid. After she asked if it were possible even for someone like her to hope to go straight to heaven after death, Therese replied, Yes! One must conquer it at sword point, one must suffer one must agonize .41 Now, apart from the influence of Jansenism, Thereses lowliness is also the result of her simply being a very fragile and broken little girl. Whats going to hap pen to us? Although I imderstand that, being God, He is happy in Himself and has absolutely no need of any creature, still, His goodness compels Him to give Himself to the creature, and with a generosity which is beyond understanding.196 Ido not know' how' to live without God, but I also feel that God, absolutely self-sufficient though He is, cannot be happy without me.197 So, lets now' consider this generosity which is beyond understanding and how God, absolutely self-sufficient though He is, in a sense, cannot be happy without us. But according to St. Therese, theres one path that particularly attracts him, one path, more titan oth ers, that allows God to manifest His infinite grandeur: Its the way of mercy. By means of this Image, I shall be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul have access to it (570). For instance, its to hope against hope, like Abraham did when he was called to sacrifice Isaac, believing in the impossible, namely, that God could even raise Isaac from the dead. 149 Cited in The Power of Confidence, pp. Spiral-bound, 130 pages. Just a small army of little souls can effectively help God to save the world by receiving all the rejected mercy that other souls dont want (the Offering to Merciful Love) and by calling out for mercy as they borrow the infinite merits of Christ on the Cross (the Chaplet). Dark clouds creep in and cover up the sun (what St. Ignatius calls desolation). Well, amazingly God allows this principle to apply to his relationship with us in Christ Jesus. After all, St. Pius X called her the greatest saint of modern times,31 and in 1997, she became one of only 33 Doctors of the Church.32 So, sure, God lifts up the lowly. During diose days, weve not only been reviewing the material, but weve also begun to put together all that weve learned. Help me to believe in God and his love for me, even when the darkness surrounds me. Of course, the root of the worlds darkness is sin. 59 Story ofa Soul, pp. Also, if you do get an Image of Divine Mercy', you may want to consider enthroning it in your home. And why is it a problem? The Litde Way is not about taking away die dryness of everyday life. Well, what I mean by solemnly inviting Jesus, the Divine Mercy, into our homes is somewhat similar. 220 Regardless of the day on which this offering is first made, its a good idea to renew it on Divine Mercy Sunday, which is a day of great grace and the preeminent feast for the devotion to Divine Mercy. Love will not wear out the veil of my life. Here, Therese speaks of suffering as a grace. Their extraordi nary love consists in their efforts to keep trying, to keep striving to love God and neighbor in the little things. But then, one day earlier this year, he called me out of the blue. Yes. Again, we should do it through Scripture and Church teaching. Also, in his book The Name of God Is Mercy: A Conversation with An drea Tornielli, trans. Wonderful. That is the mystery she wanted to glorify, the main mys tery that formed her conscience. He hurries to give Himself to the soul, and nothing can stop Him, neither shortcomings or falls absolutely nothing. Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. Also, keep in mind that the Offering is tar from selfish when we aim to do it, above all, to console Jesus. Its like this: We invite Jesus to come into our homes, and then, with die Image of Divine Mercy', diere he is! - Additional DVD from Episode 2 of the acclaimed Catholic documentary, Divine Mercy in the second greatest story ever told based on the book, 33 Days Saint Faustina once had a vision of purgatory (that place of suffering for the souls of those who die in a state of grace but who are still in need of purification100), and she asked the souls there what their greatest suffering was. 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. Journey with St. Therese of Lisieux and discover 33 Days to Merciful Love: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat in Preparation for Consecration to Divine Mercy, the stirring sequel to the Fr. Seraphim, Father, its all about consoling the Heart of Jesus, isnt it?24 He looked pleased with my question and answered with an enthusiastic, Yes, it is! Encouraged by lais response, I continued, And we want to console Jesus in the best possible way, right? Right, he said. 162 Ibid., p. 211. ISBN-13 : 9781596143456 And so, her faith is like that of Abraham, as John Paul points out: Just as Abraham / hope believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations (Rom 4:18), so Mary, at the Annunciation, having professed her virginity (How shall this be, since I have no hus band?) believed that through the power of the Most High, by the power of the Holy Spirit, she would be come the Mother of Gods Son in accordance with die angels revelation: The child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God (Lk 1:35).15 So, if we want to understand the mystery of Mary, we should reflect on the fact that she believed Gods Word, even when it seemed impossible. I cannot receive Holy Communion as often as I desire, but, Lord, are You not all-powerful? For instance, she records the following in her Diary. How do we know that? Wheres the call to recognize the darkness of our littleness? In other words, whats most characteristic of humanity? 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. Not only that, but her Son is the most lovable child of all. Seraphim, it means praise and thanksgiving. It means to praise and thank God in all things. For, indeed, the face is the window to the soul and, in a certain sense, most reveals the person. These exercises and routines will help you shape yourself the, Acclaim for 33 Days to Merciful Love Within the pages of 33 Days to Merciful Love lies an earthshattering insight, certifying its place among the most important books of our generation. When I say mortified, this is not to give the impression that I performed acts of penance. He Calls Us ''Friends." Bur dont be afraid, for as well now see, this ocean is a wonderful thing to experience. 33 From a testimony given at the beatification process of Zelie Martin and cited in The Context ofHoliness: Psychological and Spiritual Reflections on the Life of St. Therese of Lisieux by Marc Foley, OCD (Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications, 2008), p. 100. 91 Ibid., pp. I want no other Throne, no other Crown but Tou, my Beloved! Chris heart. In fact, we just read that her focus is on being merciful to Jesus and to her neighbor. Yet hes silently nursing at my breast? Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. : Our Sunday Visitor, 1980], p. 153). 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. But what does all this have to do with becoming a great saint? 98-99). In the end, then, we can compete. Mic What is this Offering to Merciful Love, this consecration to Divine Mercy around which Thereses whole life revolved? And by now, how could we forget the blessing? I can think of no better way to begin to see through the lens of mercy titan by spending time each day gazing upon dtis image of Jesus. 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. Now, how the Lord gives this amazing gift of mercy, how we can receive it, and what all this means will be the topic of the retreat, which brings us to the next dot to connect. to be Yourself my Sanctity! From the Cross, he cries out for love of us, I thirst! and we mumble our prayers. But I didnt feel that he was also speaking to my heart, asking me to write such a book. 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. And when we dont fully believe that God is good, then we dont fully trust in him and thats a problem. Also, in a Regina Caeli message for Divine Mercy' Sunday, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI stated, Indeed, mercy is the central nucleus of the Gospel message; it is the very name of God, the Face with which he revealed himself in the Old Covenant and fully in Jesus Christ, the incarnation of creative and redemptive Love. 57 Story ofa Soul, p. 208. (1698). 96 Ibid., 1705. It focuses on the twin and mutually complementary themes of love and luminosity- the core of Islamic mysticism. 60 Cited in With Empty Hands, p. 104. Undoubtedly this stemmed from my cowardliness, for I could have, like Celine, found a thou sand ways of making myself suffer. David Came, Marian Press 'You Did It to Me:' Putting Mercy into Action 5-part DVD series. Through our suffering, lovingly united with Christs, we can obtain for people the grace to accept lais gift of salvation. In other words, now is the time of mercy. God then directed his gaze to the multitude of stars in the sky and promised him, So shall your descendants be (Gen 15:5). How does the Offering allow us to live zm one single act ofperfect love! (See also ibid., pp. We know the rest of the story. Coxsecration. After the angel departs, Mary goes in haste to visit her cousin, St. Elizabeth (the Visitation), and when Elizabeth hears Marys greeting, the child in her womb leaps for joy. Author : Michael E. Gaitley. 10. She does this through her powerful prayers for us, which are so effective because of the suffering she endured at the foot of the Cross. And lets just say there are a lot of people out there who are extremely spiritually blind. And what is the Gospel? Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. We must strive to show mercy. He said, You need to do for the Offering to Merciful Love of St. Therese of Lisieux what you did for Marian consecration. But that didnt bother her not in the least. We need only fear the sin of presumption where we seek to justify' ourselves and our behaviors without asking for forgiveness and mercy. Well, it was only after I discovered the Litde Way and offered myself to Merciful Love more than 15 years ago diat I began to experience true peace and joy a peace and joy diat remain with me even to diis day. Why? On her deathbed she said to me one day: T often repeat my act of consecration. In fact, you might say that die self revelation of God through the burning bush as I AM advances to the self-revelation of God through the burning love of the Cross as /thirst" (Jn 19:28). 21 Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, November 21, 1964, 58. What about your family?213 In die next section, Ill explain how you and your family can invite Jesus, the Divine Mercy, into your home and, then, how you can enthrone the Image of Divine Mercy there as well. In other words, our acceptance of Christs gift of mercy and salvation is also a gift that we give to him. She describes thefeeling: Ah! After all, by consecrating yourself to Divine Mercy, youll be consol ing Jesus and making him happy. Touched by grace, the sinful woman followed the Saint into the desert to perform a rigorous penance. Its diat simple. Unfortunately, our sins, the sins of others, and the pains of life are very good at hardening our hearts, which makes us less compassionate, less merciful, and less like Jesus. 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? After all, to think such a thing (not to mention collecting relics of yourself) is certainly pride, right? This desire could certainly appear daring if one were to consider how weak and imperfect I was, and how, after seven years in the religious life, I still am weak and imperfect. I offer them to You with gladness, begging You to look upon me only in the Face of Jesus and in His heart burning with Love. When he returned four hours later and everybody had forgotten about it, she ran at once to Marie, saying: Mane, hurry and tell Papa I tore the paper. Then she awaited her sentence as if she were a criminal (Story ofa Soul, pp. They do have sins, and lots of them. But for now, today, lets console Jesus and live out our trust in Gods mercy by making a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving with Mary. Erfahren Sie, wie wir und unser Anzeigenpartner Google Daten sammeln und verwenden, Pray the Rosary for the conversion of souls. . Michael Gaitley, MIC, 33 Days to Merciful Love. And who could be afraid of such a mother? 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. In fact, this young woman from the French town ofLisieux, who died in 1897, well before her twenty-fifth birth day, and who lived a quiet, sheltered childhood among doting sisters and then a quiet, sheltered adolescence as a cloistered Carmelite nun (with some of those very same sisters) that woman, after Abra ham and Mary,30 is perhaps the Churchsgreatest example of the faith that hopes against hope. Thus, St. Therese truly merits both blessings of Elizabeth: Blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled and Blessed are you among women of course, wed have to add, after Mary. Alas, I never made any. So, truly blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled! Or we at least need to be properly taught from diem. 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, thats what were going to do today. 17 Ibid. (Or maybe it was die other way around.) So God has two problems: (1) He wants us fallen creatures to believe in his Word and to trust in his goodness, but thats something he cant force, because trust, like love, must be given in freedom. What? Tune into your breathing 4 or 5 times during the day, and be mindful of one or two full . After all, if we live this breathing exercise as a prayer, then we can constantly be making a spiritual com munion, renewing the Offering to Merciful Love, and living praise and thanks. After all, Jesus said, The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.215 Well, these words also apply to families, so one could say, The more sinful the family, the more right it has to Gods mercy. So, no matter how much a family struggles with sin, the members can still make the Family Offering to Merciful Love. Great. Its the idea that God lowers himself more togive himselfto little souls than to thegreat souls. 1 understood AFTER CONSECRATION: The Lens of Mercy 143 that if all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty, and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wild flowers. Amen. 1 mean, as a way, it goes somewhere. $14.95. And best of all, shes a kind and gentie modier and who can be afraid of such a mother? Okay, but four weeks is only 28 days, so that leaves us with an extra five days. Infinite tenderness. For Kolbe, Marian consecration means to offer oneself to God through Mary for the specific purpose of becoming an instrument of mercy in Marys Immaculate hands as she is an instrument of mercy in Gods hands.2 In a sense, then, to make a Marian consecration according to the spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe Marian consecration Kolbe-style is already to make a consecration to Divine Mercy. You should not fear purgatory 80 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE because of the suffering there, but should instead ask that you not deserve to go there in order to please God, Who so reluctantly imposes this punishment. Emphasis added. Well have to accept to be in the dark, to live an ordinary lite, and to walk by faith. Purify my intentions that I may do everything solely to please and glorify God. I thanked Mark and hung up the phone. She just wants us to come to under stand Gods goodness and accept his Merciful Love. 23-53. Rather, the various weeks vcdll focus on one saint: Therese of Lisieux and her spiritual teaching. It is with joy I shall contemplate You on the Last Day carrying the scepter of Your Cross. Has he not said: OFFER TO GOD THE SACRIFICES OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING! Therefore, she saw her humility, that is, her awareness of her littleness, as her greatest treasure.70 Why? 70 Paraphrasing and applying Marys Magnificat to herself in order to ex press her gratitude to God for having made her so vividly aware of her littleness, Therese writes: The Almighty has done great things in the soul of His divine Mothers child, and rhe greatest thing is to have shown her her littleness, her impotence (Story ofa Soul, p. 210). That story expresses well how Therese approached the spiritual lite and the path to sanctity in particular. In fact, Ive often heard that when people first meet her in her writings, they think, I cant relate to her. They say, What do I have in common with a girl who grew up in a sheltered home, lived in a cloistered convent, and died at just 24-years-old? But then, as they get to know her more, theyll often say, I relate to her more than to any other saint. FINAL FIVE DAYS: Synthesis and Review 123 So, why do people relate so much to someone who, on the surface, seems difficult to relate to? 95 Ibid., 1074. To obtain a certificate (MLC) or prayercard (33PC) that include the image on the cover ofthis book and the Prayer of Consecration to Merciful Love, call 800-462-7426 or visit ShopMercy.org. 27 The Fathers of the Church and numerous popes taught that Mary is the Mediatrix of Grace and several popes have even used the title Mediatrix of All Graces. (For instance, Pope John Paul II used tire latter title seven times during his pontificate.) He wants us to say, Ecce, that is, Behold, here I am, O Lord. Yet theres obviously a big differ ence between Mary and us: We sin; Mary never sinned. Consoling the Heart of Jesus, and the new book 33 Days to Merciful Love. Now, of course, the piercing of her Heart hurt. C 142 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE he Freedom oe Coxsc/ence. Okay, so blindness to ones sin is a big problem today. Copyright 2023 DOKUMEN.PUB. Join us for a 6-week small-group retreat in preparation for the Consecration to Divine Mercy. if'i',,11' K lr Mi.in.I Giiil. Its the truth that God loves us, that God loves you, no matter what. Do we understand, then, why Jesus loves it when we go to him as we are, sinfulness and all? In fact, most of the rime, we probably wont feel it at all, WEEK FOUR: Into the Darkness 103 and well have to fight to believe that God still loves us. Through her imploring behavior and her profound looks, it seemed she wanted to say, You were right. model given to us by Saint Louis de Montfort. Youre not attractive! According to Fr. She was die subpriorcss in the Lisieux convent who thought Therese was being presumptuous when she taught others to trust boldly in Gods mercy so as to avoid die punishment of purgatory. The Bible says that even the just man sins seven times a day (Prov 24:16). Actually, a lot. As Abraham had the stars and Mary had the words of Elizabeth, you have Thereses smile. Well answer all this in the next point. Wonderful. Well, when I saw that claim on the back of the book, I was sold. On the Ten Small Beads of Each Decade For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. God put Abraham to the test. DAY 3 Our Mother in Faith Yesterday, we learned that Abraham is our father in faith but theres a greater than Abraham here. Indeed, shes blessed because she believed in Gods promise of mere}' that he would raise her to the heights of holiness, even though she was helpless and even though it seemed to her that there was no God and no heaven. Youre not anything! With the Little Way, the Lord will make us immensely important, incredibly attractive, and wildly successful in his eyes but well have to accept that we probably wont see it. Give me the heart of an eagle, a burning longing to choose all that you willfor me. (After all, thats part of our littleness.) Radier, its about finding happiness amid such dryness. Still, theres such a thing as heaven on earth. The stirring sequel to Father Michael Gaitley's 33 Days to Morning Glory -- published just in time for the Jubilee Year of Mercy! But Sr. Marie of St. Joseph did not despair. Fill my heart with a faith-filled song ofpraise and thanksgiving to God for his tender love and mercy! Clearly theres a catch when it comes to making an offering to Divine Justice: lots of suffering! Merciful Savior, may the rays of mercy that go forth from your Heart reign in our home and in our hearts. And to an swer it, God himself would have to let us know by choosing someone with authority to announce it to us. Iff had listened to you I would not be here now.111 So, the moral of the story is that we can choose the path of justice or that of mercy. She had to stand and consent to the immolation of die victim.21 She had to remain there in faith, hoping against hope. When will she be able to love God perfectly with his own divine love? 72 Regarding trust being the key to receiving Gods mercy', Jesus told St. Faustina: The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is trust. Finally, Mary, protect and preserve our family in love, so that one day, we may rejoice togedier with you and all the saints in the communion of the eternal Family of Love Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But what was die nature of this suffering? We also read the following commentary and quote compilation from Guy Gaucher: Anticipating the liturgical reform by some sixty years, Therese used the familiar [not formal] form of Tu when speaking of Jesus. 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