“On one occasion when St. Mechtilde had received Holy Communion for the departed, our Lord appeared to her, saying: ‘Recite for them an Our Father.’ The saint understood that she was to recite the prayer in the following manner. After she had done so, she saw a multitude of the…
(an excerpt from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska #1489-1490) Soul: My Lord and Master, I desire to converse with You. Jesus: Speak, My beloved child, for I am always listening. I wait for you. What do you desire to say? Soul: Lord, first let me pour out my…
(excerpted from “The Foot of the Cross: or, The Sorrows of Mary” by Father Frederick William Faber) Mary is kneeling on the ground. Her fingers are stained with Blood. She stretches the clean linen cloth over her arms and holds them out to receive her Son, her Prodigal come back…
(from “The Glories of Mary” by Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori) Mary has been called an ark more spacious than that of Noah. For in that only two animals of each kind were received, but under the mantle of Mary all find room, both just and sinners. This was one…
(Our Lady, in private revelation given to a Benedictine monk) Turn to me in every need, great and small. Trust me to arrange all things to your advantage and to the glory of my Divine Son (cf. John 2:1-11). Share your life with me. Entrust to me your concerns, your…
(from a meditation by Saint John Eudes) How would we feel if a great monarch opened his vaults, all filled with money and precious stones, giving us permission to take as much as we wanted? This favor would be nothing in comparison with the indescribably rich gift the King of…
(Jesus, in private revelation given to Gabrielle Bossis, on April 20, 1941) Don’t you come to Me with more confidence than to any friend on earth? Aren’t you at home in My Heart? It should be that way too, since for each soul I am the unique, the incomparable One.…
“[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…
(from “Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin, for Every Day in the Month” by Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori) Jesus Christ. — I have promised to remain with you till the consummation of the world; but have I not a right to expect that some…
…by leading me to her Son. And I can’t count how many times praying her Rosary has given me peace, when nothing else would take away the anxiety and emotional distress. She is definitely the “Star of the Sea” for lost souls trying to find their way through the darkness…