Inside this issue: God has plans for

you

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1

Humility: the Best

Cure 2-4

Help, support

Donations 4

Thoughts of a

Discerning Soul 4

Within the grasp of every human

being is the awesome gift to receive and

dispense mercy!

God has blessed our collective prayers as

we strive for personal sanctity & try to

follow in the footsteps and charism of St

Faustina as we help to aid souls through

prayer and sacrifice so that God’s

grace can work in them…

A Great Avenue of Grace available to you as we pray &

our suffering souls unite their sufferings to our Lord’s

Passion for you: Send Your Requests! Divine

Mercy Prayer Requests phone: Answered “Live”

901-574-9797 M-F 9:30-11:30am central time to

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June 2013 Newsletter

For I know well the plans I have in mind

for you, says the LORD, plans for your

welfare, not for woe! plans to give you a

future full of hope.

When you call me, when you go to pray to me,

I will listen to you.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your

own intelligence rely not; In all your ways be

mindful of him, and he will make straight your

paths. Be not wise in your own eyes, fear the

LORD and turn away from evil; Proverbs 3:5-7

See our newly consecrated Spanish Divine

Mercy Cenacle at St Jude Target House in

Memphis Tn. As part of the Society of St

Faustina of The Divine Mercy, we actively

promote The Marian Apostolate: Eucharistic

Apostles of The Divine Mercy. Supporting

spiritual formation for the laity and works of

mercy, with the Blessings of then Pope John

Paul ll, EADM offers a guided study program

for prayer communities that includes the study

of Sacred Scripture, the Catechism of the

Catholic Church, and St. Faustina’s Diary.

Touched by the individual stories that brought

each of them here, when they finish treatment

they will go to their home countries to spread

the message of our Lord’s great mercy. New

people arriving will be invited to join this

Perpetual Cenacle. This cenacle Formation

Book can be started with as little as 2 people.

One can even do it themselves and then

interact with our Society Members. Interested?

Email Jay: dm7772@msn.com or call: 901-

438-7772. Journey into a life in The Divine

Mercy, and learn things you never knew.

Our St Faustina Society pray-ers, Greetings to our over

1600 people in 39 countries who pray the Chaplet of The

Divine Mercy for every hour of every day...

Passion of Christ

We always pray for:

1. Promotion of the Divine Mercy Devotion

2. Sick & dying in

the hour that you

pray.

3. people about to

commit mortal sin

All requests in our

Divine Mercy Prayer

Journals, Especially

everyday at 3pm in

our Holy Hour of

Mercy & Perpetual

Divine Mercy

Novena & Rosary to

the Mother of Mercy

Where Miracles

happen everyday!

Inside this issue:

Divine Mercy Cenacles

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Humility, Humility, Humility

1

Our Mother

2

The Saint on Humiity

2

2013 Fortnight for Freedom

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The Best Cure

Pg 2, 3, 4

Jesus said to St. Faustina: "... write this for many souls who are often worried because they do not

have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which

requires neither permissions or storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of

every soul. If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on

the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasures for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy"(Diary 1317) See pg 2,3,4

with our Divine Mercy Prayer Group at Ave

Maria Home in Bartlett Tn. These courageous

souls decided to help change the world and their

home by coming together and praying the

Chaplet of The Divine Mercy and dedicating

themselves to The Divine Mercy as a way of life.

She came down from the

altar to my kneeler, held

me close to herself and said

to me, I am Mother to you all,

thanks to the unfathomable mercy

of God. Most pleasing to Me is

that soul which faithfully carries

out the will of God (Diary 449)

I desire, My dearly beloved

daughter, that you practice the

three virtues that are dearest to Me

-and most pleasing to God. The

first is humility, humility, and

once again humility; the second

virtue, purity; the third virtue, love

of God. As My daughter, you must

especially radiate with these

virtues. (Diary 1415) Jesus told me

that I please Him best by

meditating on His sorrowful

Passion, and by such meditation

much light falls upon my soul. He

who wants to learn true humility

should reflect upon the Passion of

Jesus. (Diary 267)

Without humility, we cannot

be pleasing to God. Practice the third

degree of humility; that is, not only

must one refrain from explaining and

defending oneself when reproached

with something, but one should rejoice

at the humiliation. (Advice from Rev.

Dr. Sopocko) (Diary 270)

Jesus to St Faustina ...you always

please Me by your humility. The

greatest misery does not stop Me from

uniting Myself to a soul, but where

there is pride, I am not there. (Diary

1563)

Then I saw myself ... together with

the Mother of God....She was so

peaceful and so united to the will of

God...When I was left alone with the

Blessed Virgin, She instructed me

concerning the interior life. The soul's

true greatness is in loving God and

the root of all that is evil, and the

failure of all that is good. For

God resists the proud

St Vincent de Paul

There probably

won't be any books

written about her when

she dies. Probably no church

will be filled with people, and

there will be no press

coverage of her funeral. The

movers and shakers of our

society will probably not

ponder her life's events.

But she's a remarkable woman

with a beautiful ministry that

takes a lot of her time: She

prays.

Her name is Marcy. She's 83,

in humbling oneself in His

presence, completely

forgetting oneself and

believing oneself to be

nothing; because the Lord is

great, but He is well-pleased

only with the humble; He

always opposes the proud.

(Diary 1710-11)

The devil is afraid of us when we

pray and make sacrifices. He is

also afraid when we are humble

and good. He is especially afraid

when we love Jesus very much.

He runs away when we make the

Sign of the Cross. St. Anthony of

the Desert. You

must ask God to give you power

to fight against the sin of pride

which is your greatest enemy –

a widow and mother of four children who

love her very much. She doesn't get out too

much except for going to the doctor, getting

groceries, and going to the bank. Sometimes

she'll go out and eat with family, and she'll

go to Mass. Yes, her spiritual ministry is

simple. She prays for comfort and

guidance, and she prays for the needs of

others. But her ministry is remarkable

because of the tender love for Christ and the

abiding trust in His mercy that are implicit

in her prayers. Jesus said to St. Faustina:

"... write this for many souls who are

often worried because they do not have [continued page 3 & 4]

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T h e B l e s s e d M o t h e r i s t o b e o u r M o t h e r

Quoting Mary's words to her, St Faustina writes, "My daughter, at God's command I am to be, in a

special and exclusive way, your Mother; but I desire that you, too, in a special way, be My child" (Diary,

1414). In the Gospel of John Ch 2:5 Our Mother Mary’s statement to the servers as they ran out of wine at

the Wedding Feast of Cana echoes through time to us as she said: “Do whatever He tells you.”

Humility is the foundation of all the other

virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue

does not exist there cannot be any other virtue

except in mere appearance. St Augustine +

Quotes from the Saints

Welcome Humility: The Best Cure By Jay Hastings

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Much Prayer is needed for the United States of America. Please all pray with us. The United States

Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked us to pray:

Fortnight for Freedom:

2013 Fortnight for Freedom: June 21 to July 4

The U.S. bishops have called for a Fortnight for Freedom, a two-week period of prayer and action, to address many current challenges to religious liberty, including the August 1, 2013 deadline for religious organizations to comply with the HHS mandate, Supreme Court rulings that could attempt to redefine marriage in June, and religious liberty concerns in areas such as immigration and humanitarian services.

Pray for our nation as we will pray for yours. Pray for life, marriage and

religious liberty.

We as a prayer group will add this to our hourly prayers and pray especially

during the Holy Hour of Mercy everyday at 3pm when we pray for all of those

requests in our Divine Mercy Prayer Journals.

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the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither

permissions or storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul. If a soul does

not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment.

Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasures for themselves, they would not be judged, for they

would forestall My judgment with their mercy" (Diary of St. Faustina, 1317).

Marcy spends a lot of her time praying the Holy Rosary and the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy. Her prayers give

her much comfort. Her life is poured out to others through her prayers.

Saint Faustina writes about the power and importance of prayer: "A soul arms itself by prayer for all kinds of

combat. In whatever state the soul may be, it ought to pray. A soul which is pure and beautiful must pray,

or else it will lose its beauty; a soul which is striving after this purity must pray, or else it will never attain

it; a soul which is newly converted must pray, or else it will fall again; a sinful soul, plunged in sins, must

pray so that it might rise again.There is no soul which is not bound to pray, for every single grace comes

to the soul through prayer (Diary, 146).

She goes on to write: "I recall that I have received most light during adoration which I made lying

prostrate before the Blessed Sacrament for half an hour every day throughout Lent. During that time I

came to know myself and God more profoundly. And yet, even though I had the superior's permission to

do so, I encountered many obstacles to praying in such a way. Let the soul be aware that, in order to pray

and persevere in prayer, one must arm oneself with patience and cope bravely with exterior and interior

difficulties. The interior difficulties are discouragement, dryness, heaviness of spirit and temptations. The

exterior difficulties are human respect and time; one must observe the time set apart for prayer (Diary 147).

Marcy says God always answers her prayers. That's probably because God grants many graces to a soul who is

humble and obedient, and who trusts in His Mercy. It would be interesting to know the vast numbers of people

who have received graces from our Lord because of Marcy's prayers. I like to imagine how each prayer starts a

ripple that spreads throughout the world! She is one of our suffering souls, a member of our Divine Mercy

Prayer Group that ensures the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy is prayed 24 hours a day for the sick and the dying

and those in need. Marcy willfully offers up her daily suffering for the sake of spreading the Divine Mercy

2 Chron 7:14

Continued...Welcome Humility: The Best Cure as printed at The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy

Help support us with your donations so we can reach out to more people across the world. We’re in this together. Thank you. Support for the St Faustina Shrine and Society comes from your donations. Thank you so much.

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God has richly blessed us as we reach out to souls through prayer and sacrifice. Thank you for your continuous

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message and devotion. She's always, cheerfully willing to stop and pray for an urgent prayer request we may get for

the sick and the dying.

For me, personally, Marcy serves as a reminder in a busy world that the elderly should not be forgotten.

For our Divine Mercy prayer group, she serves as a model because the very foundation of her life is built from prayer

and sacrifice.

Marcy would rather not be called a "prayer warrior," for she believes that might add an element of pride. How

pleasing it must be for the Lord when we offer our prayers in humility while adoring and praising the vastness and

wonder of His goodness and mercy.

Jesus tells St. Faustina: " ... you always please Me by your humility. The greatest misery does not stop Me from

uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there" (Diary,1563).

Jesus also tells St. Faustina: "The prayer of a humble and loving soul disarms the anger of My Father and draws

down an ocean of blessings" (320). He says: "Although My greatness is beyond understanding, I commune only

with those who are little. I demand of you a childlike spirit" (332).

Saint Faustina writes: "O how beautiful is a humble soul! From her heart, as from a censer, rises a varied and

most pleasing fragrance which breaks through the skies and reaches God himself, filling His Most Sacred

Heart with joy. God refuses nothing to such a soul; she is all powerful and influences the destiny of the whole

world. ... Such a soul is most deeply united with God. ... Now I understand why there are so few saints; it is

because so few souls are deeply humble" (Diary 1306).

There are many people like Marcy in the world who lead quiet lives defined by a deep love for God. Maybe they

won't be heralded in this world. But I have a feeling that someday, when Marcy dies, our Lord will welcome her to

paradise. "Pure love," St. Faustina writes, "... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the

smallest things out of great love — love, and always love" (140).

Marcy is my Mother who passed on to be with our Lord on Dec 1, 2009. Her last act on earth was one of

trust. With much humility & thanks, through our Lady of Mt Carmel, whom Marcy had a great devotion to Mary in

the Rosary, I was able to put a scapular around her neck & with a great intimacy with Mother Mary, St Faustina and

our Lord, I held her hand and prayed the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy as she breathed her last with our family &

friends around her. A great Welcoming Home. “ Jesus I trust in You”

Thoughts of a discerning soul: When a child is told that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, before receiving

their first holy communion, they trust; Why is it that a child can trust, & love without any doubt, yet we as adults with all of the

knowledge, signs, & graces we are given still have doubts looming in the back of our mind? Jesus told St. Faustina, “Oh, how much I am

hurt by a souls distrust! Such a soul professes that I am Holy & just, but does not believe that I am Mercy & does not trust in My Goodness.

(Diary 300).If we don’t trust maybe it’s time to trust. Perhaps it’s discouragement holding us back, or maybe something didn’t work out the

way we hoped, so we slowly begin to lose our trust in God. We need to learn to hope again & have faith. Faith which pleases God. Like the

child trusting in the true presence of God in the Eucharist, we too must trust in the goodness & love of God. If we strive to live this childlike

trust we’ll begin to see the goodness of God full of mercy, compassion, and love. Let’s try again and start by saying: “Jesus I trust in You”