Prayers

    Many other writings were wrongly condemned and placed on the Index of forbidden books list. Such as Galileo (the Church believed the world was flat and the entire Universe orbited the earth), Saint Thomas Aquinas, Saint Faustina Kowalska, Saint Joan of Arc, etc. Saint Faustina’s writings are very relevant because they were condemned by the Holy Office at the same time as Maria Valtorta’s. Both condemnations were signed Simultaneously by Pope John XXIII as he took office, at the insistence of the Holy Office under Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani. Saint Faustina's Divine Mercy writings were never officially unrestricted, but are now cherished by many after her Beatification and Canonization. Saint Faustina tells us that the hour of Divine Mercy is 3:00 pm, the hour Jesus died for our sins. Jesus told her: "You can obtain everything for yourself and for others for the asking. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion".

    Consider setting your watch alarm for 3:00pm. Try your best to make the Stations of the Cross in this hour. Immerse yourself in prayer, even if your duties permit only a brief instant. After honoring Jesus for the Agony of his Passion, pray the following:

    "Lord Jesus and Mary full of Grace, at this hour of Divine Mercy, I ask You in virtue of Your Passion and Co-Passion for the Beatification and Canonization of Maria Valtorta. I ask that You see to it that her writings be freely propagated and read throughout the world. And I ask that You overcome all obstacles obstructing these requests. I ask this of You, in virtue of Your Passion and Co-Passion, and within this hour of 3:00, the hour of Divine Mercy, the hour in which Jesus told Saint Faustina that He would refuse no request of a soul that asks. Thank You and Bless You, Amen."