Saturday, August 16, 2014

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT TO THE DIVINE MERCY

     OH MOST MERCIFUL JESUS, YOUR GOODNESS IS INFINITE
AND THE TREASURES OF YOUR GRACE INEXHAUSTIBLE.  I
TRUST BOUNDLESSLY IN YOUR MERCY,  WHICH IS ABOVE
ALL YOUR WORKS.  I CONSECRATE MYSELF TO YOU COM-
PLETELY AND UNRESERVEDLY, SO AS TO LIVE AND STRIVE
FOR CHRISTIAN PERFECTION.

     I WANT TO SPREAD YOUR MERCY BY PERFORMING
WORKS OF MERCY, BOTH SPIRITUAL AND CORPORAL,
LABORING ESPECIALLY FOR THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS,
BRINGING CONSOLATION TO THOSE IN NEED, TO THE SICK
AND THE SUFFERING.

     GUARD ME THEN, OH JESUS, AS YOUR OWN POSSESSION
AND YOUR OWN GLORY.  THOUGH I SOMETIMES TREMBLE
WITH FEAR, AWARE OF MY WEAKNESS, AT THE SAME TIME
I HAVE BOUNDLESS TRUST IN YOUR MERCY.  OH, THAT ALL
PEOPLE WOULD COME TO KNOW THE INFINITE DEPTHS OF
YOUR MERCY, WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME, SO THAT THEY
MAY PLACE THEIR TRUST IN YOUR MERCIFUL LOVE AND
GLORIFY YOU FOREVER.

                                                  AMEN