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You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'                but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.                If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.                If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.                'It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'                but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.                'Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'                but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;                nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.                Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.                But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.                'You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'*                But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.                If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.                Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.                Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.                'You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*'                But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,                that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.               
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Saint Faustina’s mission was to remind us of God’s merciful love for mankind and to teach new forms of devotion to God’s mercy. Time and again the Lord Jesus sent her to minister to the dying: “Whenever you recite the chaplet in the presence of the dying, God’s anger is appeased and an unfathomable mercy envelops the soul” (Diary 811).

 

Thanks to your magazine, I discovered the power of the chaplet of divine mercy when recited in the presence of a dying person, I learned that Jesus would grant the grace of being present with the dying, if only we asked Him. Consequently, my mother and I asked Our Lord for the grace to be at my grandmother’s side at the hour of her death and to recite the chaplet of mercy in her presence.
My grandmother Genevieve died on December 13, 2004. She had a special devotion to the mercy of God and Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Every day at three o’clock she recited the chaplet with the whole family. However, for the last nine months of her life she was bedridden and unaware of her surroundings, as she was terminally ill. She could have gone to the Lord at any moment. We were unable to predict or even guess the time of death. 
On December 13, I had intended to travel to another town to attend to some business. Even now I am l not sure how it happened that I stayed at home. My mother and I were about to do the housework. Suddenly we felt the need to pray at my grandmother’s side. My mother lit the Candlemas candle, blessed the room with holy water, and we began to recite the chaplet of mercy. Halfway through the chaplet, my grandmother suddenly opened her eyes, looked upwards, and gave her last breath, quietly and peacefully. We continued to pray over her dead body. We then realized that Jesus had granted our request. It was an overwhelming experience for both my mother and myself, as neither of us had ever been with a dying person before. We had been able to witness this brief moment of departure that we could so easily have missed. It was a great grace from the Merciful Jesus, for which we profoundly thank Him.
Jesus said: “Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you” (Mt 7:7). “I am telling you the truth: the Father will give you whatever you ask him for in my name” (Jn 16:23).
 

Agnieszka & her mother

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The above article was published with permission from Miłujcie się! in November 2010


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