Bread of Angels
Divine Prisoner of Love
Prayer in Praise of the Blessed Host
I Adore You, Lord
Your Goodness Encourages Me
In Praise of Infinite Mercy
Spiritual Communion
The Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy
St. Faustina and the Attributes of God
St. Faustina’s Prayer for Priests
Grant Love and Light to Our Priests
An Offering in Reparation for the Holy Souls
Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity for the Holy Souls
Acts of Faith
Acts of Hope
Acts of Charity
My Heart Is Always with You
A Litany of Gratitude
PART III: Supplications to Our Lady of Mercy
Consecration to Mary
Three Virtues Dearest to Mary
Sidebar: Look to God and Be Radiant
Sea of Graces to a Humble Soul
St. Joseph Prayer for Purity
Sidebar: True Greatness Is to Love God
Prayers for Love of God
Set on Fire My Love for You!
A Garden of Fragrant Flowers
Mary’s Sorrows
Mary’s Sword of Suffering
The Seven Sorrows of Mary for the Faithful Departed
Prayer to Our Lady of Pity
The Divine Mercy Rosary for the Holy Souls
Sidebar: The Power of Mary
The Joyful Mysteries
Sidebar: Signs of Clemency, Tokens of Charity
The Luminous Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Glorious Mysteries
Mary, My Shield and Defense
Mary, The Dawn
PART IV: Novenas, Litanies, and Selected Prayers
“God Is Rich in Mercy” Novena for the Suffering Souls
Divine Mercy Litany to St. Faustina
Gaining Sanctity
Prayer for Faithfulness to the Holy Spirit
Novena to St. Faustina to Obtain Graces
St. Faustina’s Healing Prayer
Prayer for the Future and Present Moment
A Novena of Meditations and Prayers for the Holy Souls
A Novena to the Divine Mercy
Help Me Do the Will of Your Father
God Be Blessed!
PART V: Devotions for the Suffering and the Dying: The Promise of God’s Mercy
St. Faustina’s Pleas for Sinners
God’s Unfathomable Mercy
Divine Mercy Devotion
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Sidebar: Praying the Chaplet for the Dying When Not Present
The Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls
Sidebar: The Way of the Cross Frees the Holy Souls
The Divine Mercy Stations
St. Faustina on the Value of Suffering
Sidebar: Heroic Act of Charity
The Praises of Divine Mercy
St. Joseph, Patron of the Dying
Memorare to St. Joseph
Psalms of Repentance
Be the Safeguard of My Life
A Plea for Mercy
O Good Jesus
Prayers for a Happy Death
St. Joseph, Protect Us in Death!
St. Faustina’s Prayers for a Happy Death
Mercy Beyond Measure
Prayer for the Dying
Holy Aspirations for the Dying
Thank You, Jesus, for Life
St. Faustina’s Visions of Heaven
PART VI: Frequently Asked Questions About Purgatory
Appendix: Indulgences, Fasting, and Spiritual Warfare
Bibliography and Acknowledgments
Editor’s note: Citations at the end of quotations refer to paragraphs in the Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska. For example, see “(1242)” on page 25.
Personal Acknowledgments
I’m so grateful to God for putting these amazing people in my life, these friends and colleagues who helped me so much with this book.
To Bert Ghezzi, my editor at Our Sunday Visitor, whose technical expertise and ability to lay out the book was terrific. Bert, you are a man of many talents who followed through on every detail, single-handedly coordinating all the different players (near and far) who were involved in this. Your technical knowledge was most appreciated. I’m so glad you’re part of the “team.”
To my copy editor Bill Dodds, an award-winning novelist and wordsmith par excellence, who gave me award-winning ideas, and the encouragement and hope to move forward. Bill, you truly are amazing.
To Father