We entered the nine-domed Temple of Kali, where the figures of the Divine Mother and Shiva rest on a burnished silver lotus, its thousand petals meticulously chiseled. Im convinced that I can change die world and that you can, too. Seraphim said that to live trust means to praise and thank God for everything? Will you be, as St. Therese put it, his happy victim by letting him pour into your soul his waves of infinite tenderness? Ah I cannot receive Holy Communion as often as I desire, but, Lord, are You not all-powerful'! Now, today, were going to reflect on how the love that fills up the abyss of our nothingness also overflows. onscience. (See also ibid.) Here, we see that Therese docs not want to rely on her own merits but, rather, on those of Jesus. Of course, we can walk the path of merit by focusing on what we deserve. In other words, we can be anxious about our merits like the poor victim of justice, Sr. Marie of Jesus, who said from her deathbed, I dont have enough merits, I must acquire more of them. Or we can travel the path of mercy by giving our attention to Jesus, who longs for souls into whom he can pour his Merciful Love. Now, of course, the piercing of her Heart hurt. I wish, then, to be clothed in Your own Justice and to receive from Your Love die eternal possession of Yourself [Allow] die waves of infinite tenderness shut up within You to overflow into my soul.148 100 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE Clearly, Therese is confident that God will let her borrow his own love so she can love him perfectly in return. 23-53. In sum, through the Offering, we console Jesus by letting him love us. So, the elevator is the mercy ofJesus. And I believe that this is a kairos: this time is a kairos of mercy. In the above quote, Therese even says, This is die difficulty. And why is it difficult? She describes this reality in a passage we read earlier, a passage that now deserves a second read: he T How GOOD is the Lord, his MERCY enduresforever! If you think you might be interested in becoming a Marian Missionary, you can order the free MMDM handbook, which is the official manual tor Marian Missionaries and explains every thing. Be happy like Therese, w'ho knew that good doctors, when they perform op erations, put their patients to sleep. In other words, be happy that if you keep living the Litde Way, God will especially be working through you even in the midst of your daily darkness and aridity. Merciful Savior, may the rays of mercy that go forth from your Heart reign in our home and in our hearts. Relate Saint Therese doesnt always make a good first impression. I ask all this in Jesus name. In times of darkness, when youre tempted to think theres no way you can become a saint remember that smile. In the mercy of God the world will find peace and mankind will find happiness! I really feel that it is not this at all that pleases God in my little soul; what pleases Him is that He sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in His mercy That is my only treasure [W]hy would this treasure not be yours? Of course, this does not mean that little souls can never be successful in the practice of virtue, but when they are, Therese describes what their attitude should be: To be little is also to not attribute to oneself the virtues that one practices, believing oneself capable of anything, but to recognize that God places this treasure of virtue in the hands 180 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE of His little child, to be used when necessary; but it remains always Gods treasure (ibid., p. 228). In her Letter 197, she powerfully expresses this idea: [T]he weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love [B]ut we must consent to remain always poor and without strength, and this is die difficulty Ah! how I would like to be able to make you understand what I feel! Of course, he could give such a gift if he wanted to. 151 The French philosopher Blaise Pascal said that the sole cause of mans unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quiedy tn his own room (Pensees. Therese is saying to us, Yes! Alright, so, lets spend today reflecting on the six para graphs of the Offering that we covered today. "With one servant, I set out on the 500-mile trip. When I saw this sign of divine wrath which was about to strike the earth, and in particular a certain place, which for good reasons I cannot name, I began to implore the Angel to hold off for a few' mo ments, and the world w'ould do penance. Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. The elevator which must raise me to heaven is Your arms, O Jesus! I mean, she lived her contact with the truth about her Son in the darkness of faith, a faith that was linked with a sort ofnight of faith.17 In other words, her pilgrimage of faith came with a particular heaviness of heart,18 because it had to be lived under a kind of veil,19 a veil that prevented Mary (and Joseph) from fully WEEK ONE: What Is Trust? When we compare, then, the mystery of Gods infinite, burning love for us with our own weak efforts to love him in return, it humbles us, lowers us, reduces us, and crushes us to the dust but it doesnt destroy us. After making her Offering to Merciful Love, St. Therese wasfilled with consolation. The Member Pack and Coordinator Kit available with and without the main book 33 Days of Merciful Love Party Pack contains:-Retreat Companion (working book with daily and weekly questions, written by O. Michael Gately) - Dedication to the Merciful Love Certificate - Prayer consecration of the Merciful Love Prayer Card -St. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. 110 Cited in ibid. DAY 20 The Offering (Part One) For the last two days of this week, well reflect on the actual text of St. Thereses Offering to Merciful Love, which consists of 11 paragraphs. Emphasis added. That is why Abraham truly is our father in faith. When will she be able to love God perfectly with his own divine love? Through the Mass, we perfecdy love God with borrowed, infinite love the divine love of the Son for the Father. And what does trust in Jesus mean? Thats where God spoke to Moses from the burning bush and revealed his name as I AM. At that moment, he seemed to be telling us: Look, I AM and youre not. Seraphim Michalcnko, MIC, an expert on the message of Divine Mercy that comes to us through St. Faustina: I asked Fr. The Divine Mercy Image goes perfectly with the Family Offering to Merciful Love. Please read it slowly and prayerfully: Dear Sister, How can you ask me if it is possible for you to love God as I love Him? In fact, you might say that, in a sense, its the most powerfill prayer there is. I beg You to choose a legion of little Victims worthy of Your LOVE!74 So, in view of Thereses prayer for little souls, I repeat: If you live the Little Way, that is, if you recognize die darkness of your litdeness, keep trying to grow in holiness, and trust in the Lords promise of mercy, you will become a saint. It means not settling for complacency or mediocrity or the attitude that says, Well, thats just who I am. In other words, it means striving to be faithful to examining our consciences every day. 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. They become possessed. Here, St. Therese is asking to become possessed by God. But how can we have a true friendship with Jesus if its just a one-way street? Now, lets turn to the third word spoken by Mary. Jesus took me by the hand, and He made me enter a subterranean passage where it is neither cold nor hot, 104 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE where the sun does not shine, and which the rain or the wind does not visit, a subterranean passage where I see nothing but a half-veiled light, the light which was diffused by the lowered eyes of my Fiances Face! 3: Christ dwells in men through faith . 212 See endnote 191. According to St. Therese, such a remarkable gift of sanctity' is relatively easy to obtain, even for very imperfect souls. 102 Story of a Soul, p. 181. After all, what is holiness but the Merciful Love of God poured into our hearts? Like the Saint of the Little Way, St. Faustina also received the grace of having Holy Communion remain within her: September 29, [1937]. Why? They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the Image of Divine Mercy is a thousand words of mercy. And therefore although the angels feed on Christ spiritually, yet it does not belong to them to eat this sacrament spiritually. 111 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 144. I say that because the essence of Marian consecration is to allow Mary to bring us to the pierced side of Jesus, which is the Fountain of Mercy. With her prayers, shes preparing your heart to accept the gift of the Offering to Merciful Love. He will know how He can come and get you. He can get Sr. Marie, St. Therese, and all little souls by preparing us in one instant to appear before him.126 And so, without any fear, Therese comes to the Offering itself: WEEK THREE: The Offering to Merciful Love 89 (9) In order to Live in one single act of perfect Love, I OFFER MYSELF AS A VICTIM OF HOLOCAUST TO YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE, asking You to con sume me incessantly, allowing the waves of infinite tenderness shut up within You to overflow into my soul, and that thus I may become a martyr of Your Love, O my God! Well learn the reasons for diat during Week One of this retreat which brings me to die structure of this book and how it works. on February 12, 2022, There are no reviews yet. In other words, it called into question Gods 116 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE goodness. Similarly, after we inhale Gods Merciful Love, because it was so good and refreshing, well need to praise and thank him for the gift of his mercy. Todays Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fire of mercy. But maybe youre looking for something even more compact. It is then that He particularly deserves mercy from the people to whom He has done good, and He does not receive it . Well, in a certain sense, yes, because it in creases our longing for God. But when we get too big in other words, when we dont fully and confidently abandon ourselves to God in this life then we have to endure useless sufferings, we have to endure the fire of purgatory. But Therese wants us to avoid it, and she believes that God wants us to avoid it, too. Think of it! According to Fr. Even though the world is immersed in darkness, our situation isnt hopeless. Yes, I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth.166 112 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE We know that God granted the desires of this greatest saint of modern times. So, will you let her help you? Copyright 1988 by Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications 2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. Three in a row! It is to their hearts that God deigns to lower Himself. 33 days to morning glory retreat companion pdf 33 Days to Merciful Love is the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. 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). First, Therese Martin grew up in a France that was deeply affected by the Jansenist heresy, a heresy that teaches a joyless moral rigorism, emphasizing fear and justice, punishment and severity, judgment and condemnation. We can be perfect. So, for what its w'orth, my own testimony is that die Offering to Merciful Love, the Little 132 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE Way of mercy, the rediscovery of the Gospel that St. Therese shares with us truly is a formula for happiness even amid great darkness. But how did she do it? Its about discovering extraordinary joy, happiness, and peace in the midst of regular, ordinary, day-to-day existence. Its called the Family Offering to Merciful Love, and Appendix Two will tell you all about that. Not by necessity but by his free choice, God allowed himself, in Jesus Christ, to feel a need for our love. But we have to be willing to accept the cross of an ordinary life and cat the bread of daily darkness. 204 Catechism, 1085. Thats why Sr. Therese so emphasized trust. 1 View; Its to hope against hope that the Lords Merciful Love goes out to us not because were perfect, strong, and without sin, but because were imperfect, weak, and sinful. Second, I feel deep gratitude to Fr. 180 Ibid. 33 Days to Merciful Love is the stirring sequel to the international sensation, 33 Days to Morning Glory. Well, I say that because Jesus is God, and again, our wound has to do with God. Oh, how beyond compre hension is Gods mercy! Yet our rulers were just seeking to stone him? God is so good. And the Lord gave me to know who it is that upholds the existence of mankind: it is the chosen souls (ibid., 926). And thats really the fine point of living the Little Way. Jesus gives it. Okay, but what does that mean? She does not wait for the wounded to knock on her doors, she looks for them on the streets, she Endnotes 183 gathers them in, she embraces them, she takes care of them, she makes them feel loved. Knowing that we all have a distorted image of God as a result of original sin (see Day 1), Jesus wants to heal that distortion by giving us a true image of his mercy for our time. Thats not friendship. However, please consider consecrating yourself to Jesus through Mary soon. And this easily can save the world. Well, because she knows this about God: (8) Time is nothing in Your eyes, and a single day is like a thousand years. Yes, Jesus wants us to receive the grace that makes us holy, and when we do, it consoles him, as he told St. Faustina: I desire to bestow My graces upon souls, but they do not want to accept them. On the first night of the journey, before even reaching the place of her retreat, the vehemence of her love and sorrow broke the ties binding her to earth, and at the same moment the holy man saw her soul carried by angels to Gods 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE 96 bosom. Thats why St. Therese, who never left the convent, was declared Patron Saint of Missionaries and the Missions, along with St. Francis Xavier. Then, well use the last day to prepare ourselves to make the Offering to Merciful Love as a Divine Mercy consecration. 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. Copyright 1975, 1976, 1996 by Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites ICS Publications 2131 Lincoln Road, N.E. DAY 2 Our Father in Faith Yesterday, we learned that its all about trust. Well long for him so ardently at that moment that our souls will, so to speak, pop out of our bodies and fly directly and immediately, without having to go through purgatory, into the embrace of his love.127 Thats the martyrdom of love, a martyrdom that, according to St. John of the Cross, is very gentle and very sweet, sweeter and more gentle than [our] whole spiritual life on earth.128 But until that blessed moment, Therese will continue to offer herself to Merciful Love: (11) 1 want, O my Beloved, at each bear of my heart to renew this offering to You an infinite number of times, until the shadows having disappeared I may be able to tell You of my Love in an Eternal Face to Face!119 90 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE Now, while I dont yet have a method for renewing the Offering to Merciful Love at each beat of my heart, I can recommend an easy method for renewing it at each breath. 205 Catechism, 478. More specifically, were going to reflect on the root of the worlds darkness and how it affected St. Therese. (More on this tomorrow.) I hope youll find these three recommen dations helpful for learning to see through the lens of mercy. (Dublin: Veritas Publications, 1995), p. 49. I smile through my own tears When I contemplate your sorrows Oh! Well, let me begin to answer that by first telling you an amazing secret: According to St. John Paul II, theres a kind of key which unlocks for us the innermost reality of Mary.12 Imagine that. It will be much easier for you to live the Little Way, become one of the greatest saints of all time, and help save the world. Now, Therese was deeply affected by Jansenism during her younger years. 164 See Gaucher, p. 94. For more information on the spirituality of offering ourselves with Christ to the Father at the Mass, see my book The One Thing Is Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything (Stockbridge: Marian Press, 2012), pp. We console him by loving him, letting him love us, and by allowing him to have mercy on us and save us. This is St. Thereses amazing insight after she was conquered by love. Now, while Jesus promise of grace applies to evert' Image of Divine Mercy,192 I highly recommend the recently restored Vilnius version (see above, center), which is die original image painted under St. Faustinas careful direction. At the same time, it consoles her. Yes. Amen. That moment is supercharged because, at the Mass, Jesus is giving himself Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity into our hands: literally, in the hands of the priest, and spiritually, in the hands of all the lay faithful who unite their own sacrifices to the offering of the priest at the altar. Washington, DC 20002 U.S.A. wTvw.icspublications.org From General Correspondence Volume Two translated by John Clarke, O.C.D. Third, for the purpose of consoling Jesus. 33 Days to Merciful Love Group Retreat; Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told Series; Leaders . To close todays reflection, lets ponder Thereses descrip tion of the Little Way as a way of darkness-. We may have thought, Well, she didnt live where I live. But its a beautiful wound the wound of love! Because its words reveal the secret of Marys faith, which is this: She believed that what the Lord had spoken to her at the Annunciation would be ful filled. But then, Elizabeth gives the whole WEEK ONE: What Is Trust? It seems to me that if You were to find souls offering themselves as victims of holocaust to Your Love, You would consume them rapidly; it seems to me, too, that You would be happy not to hold back the waves of infinite tenderness within You. Describing diis grace, she writes: The work I had been unable to do in ten years was done by Jesus in one instant, contenting himself with my good will which was never lacking. 61-62. 78 Diary, 47. Abram believed Gods Word, and off he went. Fill me with Merciful Love so that, through it, I may see all of God's perfections, including his justice, as clothed in love. Finally, because Jesus wants to bring us home to the Father, we arrive at 33 Days to Greater . 3. Its truly amazing. I thanked Mark and hung up the phone. She is therefore blessed, because she has believed, and continues to believe day after day during the years of the hidden life at Nazareth.16 So, the hidden life of the Holy Family all that time from Jesus childhood and adolescence that we hear almost nothing about in Sacred Scripture was not only hidden from us but, in a certain sense, was hidden from Mary, too! The book is called True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort, and it describes a path to holiness called Marian consecration or a total consecration to Jesus through Mary. 16 33 DAYS TO MERCIFUL LOVE Most important for me, de Montfort basically claimed that such a consecration is the quickest and easiest way to become a saint. Maybe we cant yet fully give him our trust I know I couldnt. Oh, how' beyond comprehension is Gods mercy! 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. In order that those who committed these sins may, after repenting, remain humble (p. 70). Wonderful. I Myself will defend it as My own glory (48). But look at what weve just learned from the ecce, fiat, magnificat movement: The path to praise begins with the ecce moment. It becomes one if we make it our intention when we inhale to receive Gods rejected Merciful Love into our emptiness. 'Nevertheless, her trust in God's mercy during that time, and God's faithfulness to her, became the confirmation of her Little Way. The only problem was that I also ran into a lot of thieves of hope after reading it. In other words, she presented herself to the Lord just as she was. Great! As Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, hes a perfect Family of Love, and we can add nothing to his greatness, glory, or happiness. So, every day, she saw her sisters impressive desires, sacrifices, and sufferings right up close, and she concluded that the future saint was no little bird at all. 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. For the simple act of presenting yourself to the Lord as you are, sinfulness and all, is itself an act of trust. So, we do have a lot of freedom regarding the way we choose to follow Christ and which truths of the Gospel will loom largest in our heart and conscience. In fact, we just read that her focus is on being merciful to Jesus and to her neighbor. Erfahren Sie, wie wir und unser Anzeigenpartner Google Daten sammeln und verwenden, Pray the Rosary for the conversion of souls. Its diat simple. Teach me to pray with my whole heart, Jesus, I trust in you. She also solves the mystery as to why so many sinners are often so blind to the fact that theyre sinners. See also The Context ofHoliness, pp. How can we have a deep, personal relationship widi him if were the only ones suffering? In fact, her sister Pauline (Mother Agnes) wrote: The fear of offending God poisoned Thereses existence at the beginning of her religious life.40 Jansenism poisoned Thereses early religious life not only by creating in her an excessive fear of offending God but also by causing her to develop an unhealthy preoccupation with WEEK TWO: The Little Way 49 suffering. Because Mary is the New Eve.26 As we learned on Day 1, die old Eve brought about the wound of original sin, a wound that causes us to have a distorted image of God, a wound that causes us to doubt Gods goodness, a wound that causes us to tend to hide from God. Thankfully, he was overjoyed to hear of my change of heart and enthusias tically gave me the green light. The retreat book, 33 Days to Merciful Love, is not included in this kit. Indeed, those are words that, APPENDIX ONE: Living the Offering 157 as the Catechism says, cannot remain only in the past, words that participate in the divine eternity, words that transcend all times while being made present in them all, words that abide.204 In fact, those words I thirst are directed to each one of us. She truly "hoped against hope, and she kept on hoping, trusting, and believing until the very end, as well see tomorrow. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of 33 Days to Morning Glory, one of the most popular Catholic books of the last decade, brings us his first new book in three years.33 Days to Greater Glory completes a trilogy of consecrations: first to Mary, then to Jesus, the Divine Mercy, and now to God, our Father.This final consecration to our Heavenly Father truly is the "greater" consecration . 155 Actually, according to the testimony of St. Faustina, in this time of great mercy, the Lord wants to make us saints not just to save the world but also to prepare it for bis final coming. Otherwise, we cannot hope for mercy (see Mt 5:7, 18:21-35).112 The second potential objection to making the Offering to Merciful Love has to do with those who have begun to feel that theyre in a bit too deep with this Offering stuff. Were too focused on the beloved who suffers. 54 Cited in The Power ofConfidence, p. 283. DAY 28 Therese's Darkness (Part Two) Before yesterday, we may have thought that we couldnt relate to St. Therese because she lived in a convent and had no difficulties believing in God and heaven. It changed my life, because Thereses spiritual doctrine (called the Little Way) gave me hope that even someone like me could become a saint. Rather, its based on the judgment of Almighty God, who alone is truly great. aint Friend: A Source of Hope. I aim to keep before my eyes my poverty, weakness, brokenness, and sin, trusting that my littleness and contrite heart will attract your Merciful Love. And he came to her and said, Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you! But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. She, too, had a heart that was bleeding and broken. Thus, Mary is the New Eve who brings us to the New Adam on the new tree of life, the Cross, and encourages us not to eat forbidden fruit of disobedience and distrust but to drink from the blessed fountain of eternal life, the Fountain of Grace and Mercy. She kissed the face and both cheeks, Endnotes 191 and not the feet of the crucifix as was the custom at that time. And, in fact, the line that follows this paragraph makes it even clearer: Oh! And if theres one thing that Therese wants to say to us, its this: trust. And now, to confirm my resolve and to con sole you for so much rejection of your mercy, I OFFER MYSELF, THROUGH THE HANDS OF MARY IMMACULATE, AS A VICTIM OF HOLOCAUST TO YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE, asking you to consume me incessantly, allowing the waves of infinite tenderness shut up within you to overflow into my soul, and that I may thus become a martyr of your love, O my God, and a gift of mercy to so many others. It just takes you and me and maybe one other person. 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. Its that simple. 8 Ibid. I have always noticed that when I compared myself to the saints, there is between them and me the same difference that exists between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and the obscure grain of sand trampled underfoot by passers-by. that the more Ton want togive, the more You make us desire. (3) prayerfully answer the four corresponding questions in this Retreat Companion.] (If we did, we might get puffed up with pride and no longer be little.) 42 Story of a Soul, p. 98. (Ive already shared what path Ive chosen.) The letter speaks for itself, so let it speak to you. Let me begin to answer by introducing you to Sr. Marie of Jesus, a Carmelite from Lugon, France. 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