April 23, 2025 Reflection – Easter Wednesday – Divine Mercy Novena, Day 6

Easter Wednesday – Divine Mercy Novena, Day 6

April 23, 2025
Wednesday of Easter Week

Dear Family of Mary!

Today our first reading at Holy Mass is the astounding account of the healing of the man crippled from birth! What a sign of the Power of God! The Holy Spirit was moving through the Apostles, and faith was bursting forth!! Here is the account:

Acts 3:1-10
Peter and John were going up to the temple area for the three o’clock hour of prayer. And a man crippled from birth was carried and placed at the gate of the temple called “the Beautiful Gate” every day to beg for alms from the people who entered the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms. But Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” He paid attention to them, ­expecting to receive something from them. Peter said, “I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk.” Then Peter took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles grew strong. He leaped up, stood, and walked around, and went into the temple with them, walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the one who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with amazement and astonishment at what had happened to him.
The word of the Lord.

The man who was crippled from birth had never had a normal life. He was poor, only able to beg. He was living on the fringes of society. He was a humble soul. But in God’s eyes, he was His child. And His love poured out upon him through the Apostles.

Today’s intention for the Divine Mercy Novena celebrates “Meek and Humble Souls and Souls of little children.” Like the man crippled from birth, these meek and humble souls carry in them something beautiful. It is their utter dependence upon the Lord. That dependence unites them with Jesus in such a beautiful way. Today we pray for these souls with great joy, asking God to heal them and bless them, just as He did the man crippled from birth. Come, Lord Jesus, and heal us all!!

Divine Mercy Novena, Day Six:
Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who will keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble soul is capable of receiving My grace. I favor humble souls with My confidence.

Most Merciful Jesus, You yourself have said, “Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart.” Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy and they are the heavenly Father’s favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God Himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.

Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek souls, upon humble souls, and upon little children who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love You bear these souls and by the delight You take in them: Bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.

Our Lady has told us:
March 25, 2021 “Dear children! Also, today I am with you to tell you: Little children, who prays does not fear the future and does not lose hope. You are chosen to carry joy and peace, because you are mine. I have come here with the name ‘Queen of Peace’ because the devil wants peacelessness and war, he wants to fill your heart with fear of the future – but the future is God’s. That is why, be humble and pray, and surrender everything into the hands of the Most High Who created you. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Let us pray our prayer in anticipation of the Cannonization of Carlo Acutis, even though it has been postponed!!

Dear Mary our Mother and Queen of Peace, you tell us: “Invoke the help of all the Saints for them to be an example and a help to you.” With joy we invoke the help of Carlo Acutis, soon to be declared the Patron Saint of the INTERNET. May we now receive grace to follow his example, especially the young – who are looking at their phones.  Through his intercession may the devil be routed from the INTERNET and the beauty of Our Lady, through the INTERNET, cast out Satan as prince of the world!

Thank you for praying with us! May this Easter Week be filled with light and joy for all of you!

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
Mary TV

PPS. Denis and Cathy will pray the Divine Mercy Novena
during Hour of Mercy -3:00 PM Medjugorje time on Mary TV!
Join us!