What Is This All About?

The tradition of letting a saint “pick you,”is not a new one. St. Faustina and her order practiced it and she herself wrote about it in her diary, "Divine Mercy in My Soul".

The excerpt is below. . .

“There is a custom among us of drawing by lot, on New Year's Day, special Patrons for ourselves for the whole year. In the morning, during meditation, there arose within me a secret desire that the Eucharistic Jesus be my special Patron for this year also, as in the past. But, hiding this desire from my Beloved, I spoke to Him about everything else but that. When we came to refectory for breakfast, we blessed ourselves and began drawing our patrons. When I approached the holy cards on which the names of the patrons were written, without hesitation I took one, but I didn't read the name immediately as I wanted to mortify myself for a few minutes. Suddenly, I heard a voice in my soul: ‘I am your patron. Read.’ I looked at once at the inscription and read, ‘Patron for the Year 1935 - the Most Blessed Eucharist.’ My heart leapt with joy, and I slipped quietly away from the sisters and went for a short visit before the Blessed Sacrament,where I poured out my heart. But Jesus sweetly admonished me that I should be at that moment together with the sisters. I went immediately in obedience to the rule.”

Excerpt from "Divine Mercy in My Soul, the Diary of St. Faustina"

Friday, March 10, 2017

How is your Lent coming along? If it hasn't been that good, then start again! Have you done something that is truly out of the ordinary for you? Like they say, have you gone outside of your "box"? Don't be afraid to get out there and do something ... you may never know the impact but I will bet it will make a difference for someone!

Light a candle
Offer a Mass
Walk the sidewalk in front of an abortion clinic
Smile
Attend a weekday Mass
Become a Lector or Eucharistic Minister
Visit the sick
Make a meal for someone
Go to the Stations of the Cross

There are so many more small things that you can do!! Bless you for doing them!!
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