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"

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Litany of Divine Mercy

Divine Mercy, greatest attribute of God,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, fountain gushing forth from the mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, which flowed out from the open wound of the Heart of Jesus,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, enclosed in the Heart of Jesus for us, and especially for sinners,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, unfathomed in the institution of the Sacred Host,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, in the founding of the Holy Church,
I trust in You.

Divine Mercy, embracing us especially at the hour of death,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, accompanying us every moment of our life,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, lifting us out of every misery,
I trust in You. 

Divine Mercy, source of our happiness and joy,
I trust in You. 
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