Denver Catholic

12 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2024 | DENVER CATHOLIC Pray the Stations of the Cross at least once a week for priests. Try to do this during the three o'clock hour, if at all possible. For Christ told St. Faustina, "My daughter, try your best to make the Stations of the Cross in this hour, provided that your duties permit it; and if you are not able to make the Stations of the Cross, then at least step into the chapel for a moment and adore, in the Blessed Sacrament, my Heart, which is full of mercy; and should you be unable to step into the chapel, immerse yourself in prayer where you happen to be, if only for a very brief instant." (Diary, 1572). Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily — or at least every Friday — at 3:00 p.m., the Hour of Mercy, asking our Lord to be merciful to his priests. The Lord revealed to St. Faustina that great graces are attached to praying at this time. He told her, "At three o'clock, implore my mercy, especially for sinners, and, if only for a brief moment, immerse yourself in my Passion, particularly in my abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy for the whole world. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of me in virtue of my Passion." (Diary, 1320). It is therefore helpful and efficacious to pray also at this time the short but powerful prayer, "O blood and water which poured forth from the Heart of the Savior as a fount of love and mercy, I trust in thee." Visit a sick person in a hospital or in a nursing home in reparation for priests who have failed to console the sick and offer them the consolation of the sacraments. Make a holy hour before the Blessed Sacrament at least once a week for priests. If you are already doing this, try to make another one, spend another half- hour before the Blessed Sacrament, or at least try to make an extra visit to a church or chapel. 8 10 11 9

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