Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska


Today Jesus said to me, I desire that you know more profoundly the love that burns in My Heart for souls, and you will understand this when you meditate upon My Passion. Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation. When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give him the grace of conversion. This is the prayer: (Diary, 186)

“O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You.” (Diary, 187)

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The graces of My mercy are drawn by means of one vessel only, and that is – trust. The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me, because I pour all the treasures of My graces into them (Diary, 1578)

(From the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul)


Saint Pius of Pietrelcina

“Pray, hope, and don’t worry.
Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”

St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

First Day of Autumn

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Autumn Leaves, by Sarah Jane Prentiss

“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.”

St. Teresa of Calcutta