From the Divine Mercy Novena given to St. Faustina
On day two of the Divine Mercy Novena, Holy Saturday, Jesus asks us to bring Him the souls of priests and religious. This prayer embraces the living, but it reminds us to pray for the happy repose of priests and religious who have died.
“Today bring to Me the souls of priests and religious, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me the strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind.“
St. Faustina’s prayer:
Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in us [i.e., those in consecrated life] that we may perform worthy works of mercy, and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy Who is in heaven.
The fountain of God’s love
Dwells in pure hearts,
Bathed in the Sea of Mercy,
Radiant as stars, bright as the dawn.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company [of chosen ones] in Your vineyard—upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation, and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.
— Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, 1212-13
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