Divine Mercy

Hell

"Most of the souls there are those that disbelieved that there is a hell."

St Faustina was also shown hell: "Today I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of torture I saw:

the first torture that constitutes hell is the loss of God;

the second torture is perpetual remorse of conscience;

the third is that one's condition will never change;

the fourth torture is the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it- a terrible suffering, since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God's anger;

the fifth torture is continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and, despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both others and their own;

the sixth torture is the constant company of satan;

the seventh torture is horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies.

These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls. These are torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings, related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me:

Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout all eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin.

I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like.

I, Sister Faustina, by the order of God, have visited the abyss of hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence. "

Subsequent History


One day in that same year, 1935, Sister Faustina wrote for her spiritual director: "The time will come when this work, which God so commends, [will be] as though in complete ruin, and suddenly the action of God will come upon the scene with great power which will bear witness to the truth. It will be as a new splendour for the church, though it has been dormant in it from long ago."


This indeed came to pass. On the 6th March, 1959, the Holy See, acting on information that was inaccurately presented, prohibited "the spreading of images and writings advocating devotion to the Divine Mercy in the form proposed by Sister Faustina." As a result, there followed almost twenty years of total silence. Then, on the 15th April, 1978, the Holy See, after a thorough examination of original documents previously unavailable to it, completely reversed its decision and again permitted this devotion. The one man primarily responsible for this reversal of decision was Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, the Archbishop of Sister Faustina's home diocese of Cracow. On October 16, 1978, he was elevated to the See of Peter as Pope John Paul II. Sr. Faustina was canonised on the 30th April 2000. God is indeed mysterious and wondrous in his ways!

You Can Receive God’s Mercy Now!


First of all we must admit to our sin and cry out to God for mercy and forgiveness. God will always respond with infinite compassion and merciful love to the sincere cry of one of his children and we are ALL his children.


Secondly we must turn away from sin and resolve to place our lives in the hands of Jesus and to place all our trust in Him, and to obey His commandments.

Thirdly: Pray on a daily basis.

The Chaplet is an excellent form of prayer. Many people have testified that they have received great blessings and graces as a result of adopting the devotion to the Divine Mercy. One Brisbane, Australia man was facing major brain surgery and was also without a permanent job when he cried out to God for mercy and forgiveness for his many sins. Within a few weeks the surgery was cancelled and the condition gradually improved until the symptoms had completely gone. As well as that, he obtained permanent employment with a government department !


Mary has asked each of us to pray the Rosary daily.


Fourthly: Frequent Communion, daily if possible, and monthly confession

Fifthly: Read the Bible on a daily basis even if only for a few minutes. The Bible is the Word of God, and He will speak to you in a powerful way through His Word.

For all devotees of Divine Mercy, this prayer to be merciful to others is very important, let us try to recite it often as well.

For the Grace to Be Merciful to Others
O most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood pulsates through my body, so many thousand times do I want to glorify Your mercy.

I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy and to be Your living reflection, O Lord. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbor.

Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors' souls and come to their rescue.

Help me, that my ears may be merciful, so that I may give heed to my neighbors' needs and not be indifferent to their pains and moanings.

Help me, O Lord, that my tongue may be merciful, so that I should never speak negatively of my neighbor, but have a word of comfort and forgiveness for all.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors and take upon myself the more difficult and toilsome tasks.

Help me, that my feet may be merciful, so that I may hurry to assist my neighbor, overcoming my own fatigue and weariness. My true rest is in the service of my neighbor.

Help me, O Lord, that my heart may be merciful so that I myself may feel all the sufferings of my neighbor. I will refuse my heart to no one. I will be sincere even with those who, I know, will abuse my kindness. And I will lock myself up in the most merciful Heart of Jesus. I will bear my own suffering in silence. May Your mercy, O Lord, rest upon me.

You Yourself commanded me to exercise the three degrees of mercy. The first: the act of mercy, of whatever kind. The second: the word of mercy - if I cannot carry out a work of mercy, I will assist by my words. The third: prayer. My prayer reaches out even there where I cannot reach out physically.

O my Jesus, transform me into Yourself, for You can do all things .

Hello guys_

Divine Mercy helped me so much about my faith. This devotion is so close to my heart as well as Our Lady of Fatima. Praying peace and unity in this world.

Hello to the group. I am new and would like to thank you for putting me in your group. I Praise God for his love. I look forward to getting to read your posts. caressa235

praise god for his endless mercy.can anyone tell me can or not a person bring the consecrated host to his home and put it on his altar?

Praise the Lord, all 33 miners are safe, and from what I hear a couple of them converted while they were down there. Lots to celebrate.

Also keep praying for the Chilean miners. There working on bringing up the 19th miner as of 11:00am PST.

James

J.M.J.

Hello carm bro,
Glad your here. Your Dominican Bro. James

God Bless..........