Divine Mercy Day 6

By his prayer and sacrifice Jesus saved the world.

Even so, God the Father wants all His children to participate in the work of redemption – he wants us all to play our part in helping others to receive the Mercy of God.

Jesus revealed to St. Faustyna that by our prayer and sacrifice we can help others open up to the Mercy of God.

In the Diary (1767) Jesus said to Faustina: My daughter, I want to instruct you on how you are to rescue souls through sacrifice and prayer. You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will a missionary through his teachings and sermons alone.

Jesus wants to use our prayer to help bring about the conversion of others. But I think we fail to pray with confidence because we don’t believe in the power of our prayer. Yet, listen to the testimony of the devil himself. Faustyna writes: Taking the form of an apparition the devil said, “Do not pray for sinners, but for yourself, for you will be damned.”  Paying no attention to Satan, I continued to pray with redoubled fervor for sinners.  The Evil Spirit howled with fury, “Oh, if I had power over you!” and disappeared.  I saw that my suffering and prayer shackled Satan and snatched many souls from his clutches.

And don’t say Faustyna’s prayer is powerful and yours is not. The only difference between you and her is that she recognized the spiritual battle, that souls were at stake and that prayer is a powerful weapon because all the power of prayer rests in the power of Jesus. So have confidence in Him and pray for souls – especially through the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the Rosary.