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| During the last days of the carnival, when I was making a
Holy Hour, I saw how the Lord Jesus suffered as He was being scourged.
Oh, such an inconceivable agony! How terribly Jesus suffered during
the scourging! O poor sinners, on the day of judgment how will you
face the Jesus whom you are now torturing so cruelly? His blood flowed
to the ground, and in some places His flesh started to fall off. I saw
a few bare bones on His back. The meek Jesus moaned softly and sighed.
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| The next day, after Communion, I heard the voice saying, My
daughter, look into the abyss of My mercy and give praise and glory to
this mercy of Mine. Do it in this way: Gather all sinners from the
entire world and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. I want to give
Myself to souls; I yearn for souls, My daughter. On the day of My
feast, the Feast of Mercy, you will go through the whole world and
bring fainting souls to the spring of My mercy. I shall heal them and
strengthen them. (206) |
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| On a certain occasion, I saw a person about
to commit a mortal sin. I asked the Lord to send me the greatest
torments so that that soul could be saved. Then I suddenly felt a
terrible pain of a crown of thorns on my head. It lasted for quite a
long time, but that person remained in the Lord's grace. O my Jesus,
how very easy it is to become holy; all that is needed is a bit of
good will. If Jesus sees this little bit of good will in the soul, he
hurries to give Himself to the soul, and nothing can stop Him, neither
shortcomings nor falls absolutely nothing. Jesus is anxious to
help that soul, and if it is faithful to this grace from God, it can
very soon attain the highest holiness possible for a creature here on
earth. God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone.
Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the
inspirations of the Holy Spirit - that is the shortest route.
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| My Heart overflows with great mercy for
souls, and especially for poor sinners. If only they could understand
that I am the best of Fathers to them and that it is for them that the
Blood and Water flowed from My Heart as from a fount overflowing with
mercy. ... I desire to bestow My graces upon souls, but they do not
want to accept them. (367) |
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| Pray for souls that
they be not afraid to approach the tribunal of My mercy.
Do not grow weary of praying for sinners. You know what a
burden their souls are to My heart. Relieve My deathly
sorrow; dispense My mercy. (975) |
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| [Let] the greatest
sinners place their trust in My mercy. They have the
right before others to trust in the abyss of My mercy. My
daughter, write about My mercy towards tormented souls.
Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such
souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot
punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to
My compassion, but on the contrary I justify him in My
unfathomable and inscrutable mercy. (1146) |
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| [urge] all souls to
trust in the unfathomable abyss of My mercy, because I
want to save them all. On the cross, the fountain of My
mercy was opened wide by the lance for all souls - no one
have I excluded! (1182) |
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| I experience great torments of soul when I
see God offended. Today I recognised that mortal sins
were being committed not far from our door. It was
evening. ...When I knelt down to pray, however, the Lord
allowed me to experience how a soul rejected by God
suffers. It seems to me that my heart was torn to pieces,
and at the same time I understood how much such a soul
wounds the most merciful Heart of Jesus. The poor
creature does not want to accept God's mercy. (1274) |
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| My secretary, write
that I am more generous towards sinners than toward the
just. It was for their sake that I came down form Heaven;
it was for their sake that My Blood was spilled. Let them
not fear to approach Me; they are in most need of My
mercy. (1275) |
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| The loss of each soul
plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me
when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me
is the prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My
daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered.
(1397) |
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| Write, speak of My
mercy. Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that
is, in the Tribunal of Mercy. There the greatest miracles
take place [and] are incessantly repeated. To avail
oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a
great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony;
it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My
representative and to reveal to him one's misery, and the
miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were
a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human
standpoint, there would be no [hope of ] restoration and
everything would already be lost, it is not so with God.
The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full.
Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of
the miracle of God's mercy! You will call out in vain, but
it will be too late. (1448) |
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| When the sisters got up at eleven o'clock at
night to keep vigil and welcome the New Year, I had been
writhing in agony since nightfall, and this lasted until
midnight. I united my sufferings with the prayers of the
sisters who were keeping vigil in the chapel and atoning
to God for the offences of sinners. (1451). When the
clock struck twelve, my soul immersed itself more deeply
in recollection, and I heard a voice in my soul: "Do not fear, My little
child, you are not alone. Fight bravely, because My arm
is supporting you; fight for the salvation of souls,
exhorting them to trust in My mercy, as that is your task
in this life and in the life to come." After
these words, I received a deeper understanding of divine
mercy. Only that soul who wants [to be damned] will be
damned, for God condemns no one. (1452) |
| Conversation of
the Merciful God with a Sinful Soul |
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| Be not afraid
of your Saviour, O sinful soul. I make the first
move to come to you, for I know that by yourself
you are unable to lift yourself to me. Child, do
not run away from your Father; be willing to talk
openly with your God of mercy who wants to speak
words of pardon and lavish his graces on you. How
dear your soul is to Me! I have inscribed your
name upon My hand; you are engraved as a deep
wound in My Heart. |
| Soul: Lord, I
hear your voice calling me to turn back from the
path of sin, but I have neither the strength nor
the courage to do so. |
| I am your
strength, I will help you in the struggle. |
| Soul: Lord, I
recognise Your holiness, and I fear You. |
| My child, do
you fear the God of mercy? My holiness does not
prevent Me from being merciful. Behold, for you I
have established a throne of mercy on earth - the
tabernacle - and from this throne I desire to
enter into your heart. I am not surrounded by a
retinue or guards. You can come to me at any
moment, at any time; I want to speak to you and
desire to grant you grace. |
| Soul: Lord, I
doubt that You will pardon my numerous sins; my
misery fills me with fright. |
| My mercy is
greater than your sins and those of the entire
world. Who can measure the extent of my goodness?
For you I descended from heaven to earth; for you
I allowed myself to be nailed to a cross; for you
I let My Sacred Heart be pierced with a lance,
thus opening wide the source of mercy for you.
Come, then, with trust to draw graces from this fountain. Your
misery has disappeared in the depths of My mercy.
Do not argue with Me about your wretchedness. You
will give me pleasure if you hand over to me all
your troubles and griefs. I shall heap upon you
the treasures of My grace. .....Child, speak no
more of your misery; it is already forgotten.
Listen, My child, to what I desire to tell you.
Come close to My wounds and draw from the
Fountain of Life whatever your heart desires.
Drink copiously from the Fountain of life and you
will not weary on your journey. Look at the
splendours of My mercy and do not fear the
enemies of your salvation. Glorify My mercy. |
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| My daughter, do
not tire of proclaiming My mercy. In this way you
will refresh this Heart of Mine, which burns with
a flame of pity for sinners. Tell My priests that
hardened sinners will repent on hearing their
words when they speak about My unfathomable mercy,
about the compassion I have for them in My Heart.
(1521) |
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| Write this
for the benefit of distressed souls: when a soul sees and
realises the gravity of its sins, when the whole abyss of
the misery into which it immersed itself is displayed
before its eyes, let it not despair, but with trust let
it throw itself into the arms of My mercy, as a child
into the arms of its beloved mother. These souls have a
right of priority to My compassionate Heart, they have
first access to My mercy. Tell them that no soul that has
called upon My mercy has been disappointed or brought to
shame. I delight particularly in a soul which has placed
its trust in My goodness. (1541) |
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| Write: I
am Thrice Holy, and I detest the smallest sin. I cannot
love a soul which is stained with sin; but when it
repents, there is no limit to My generosity toward it. My
mercy embraces and justifies it. With My mercy, I pursue
sinners along all their paths, and My Heart rejoices when they return to Me. I forget the bitterness with which
they fed My Heart and rejoice at their return.....Tell
sinners that no one shall escape My Hand; if they run
away from My Merciful Heart, they will fall into My just Hands. Tell sinners that I am always waiting for
them, that I listen intently to the beating of their
heart...when will it beat for Me? Write, that I am speaking to
them through their remorse of conscience, through their
failings and sufferings, through thunderstorms, through
the voice of the Church. And if they bring all My graces
to naught, I begin to be angry with them, leaving them
alone and giving them what they want. My emphasis)(1728) |
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| When I immersed myself in prayer and united
myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all
over the world at that time, I implored God, for the sake
of all these Holy Masses, to have mercy on the world and
especially on poor sinners who were dying at that moment.
At the same instant, I received an interior answer from
God that a thousand souls had received grace through the
prayerful mediation I had offered to God. We do not know
the number of souls that is ours to save through our
prayers and sacrifices; therefore, let us always pray for
sinners. (1783) |
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