Objective of this prayer community:
We propose 14 days to discover the corporal and spiritual works of Mercy, with the aim of responding to the beautiful call to Mercy in our lives, putting it into practice and thus moving towards holiness!
The call of Cardinal André Twenty-three to the young people walking towards WYD in Krakow:
“The world needs Mercy and holiness. The testimony of Scripture and the lives of the saints constitute a sure and luminous point of reference, embodying the many corporal and spiritual works of Mercy. Through these precise, well-defined examples, each one of you – alone, but preferably together with others – will be able to reflect and commit, for example, with concrete acts, inspired by the Spirit of our baptism, so that it may be manifested to the whole world, the Mercy of God and the living presence You are called from now on to show the hope that is in you”, to be “missionaries of the infinite Mercy of God. This mercy cannot remain in ideas or principles: it must permeate, inhabit your lives! Those works that the saints have practiced are within your reach: do not be afraid to commit yourself to this, just as you are, where you are, humbly and happily. n to holiness, sharing with your brothers and sisters the rich fruits of Mercy in your life.”
Program of this prayer community:
Receive each day: a work of Mercy along with an excerpt from the Old and New Testaments, and some examples of Saints.
WEEK 1 – 7 CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY
- to feed the hungry
- Give drink to the thirsty.
- dressing the naked
- welcome abroad
- Visit and care for the sick.
- Visit prisoners.
- Bury the deceased.
WEEK 2 – 7 SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY
- Give good advice to those who need it
- Teach the one who doesn’t know
- Correct the one who is in error
- console the sad
- forgive offenses
- Bear with patience the defects
of others - Pray to God for the living and the dead
Note to members who join this community:
This community of prayer is the fruit of a partnership between the members of and the volunteers of the association “Connaissance des Saints de Notre Temps” – “Knowledge of the Saints of Our Time, whose mission is to make known the Saints of our time, to make their intimacy with God grow.For this reason, the association publishes a free collection of booklets consecrated to the Saints of our time and gives them access to its contents through prayer communities, such as the present one, in Hozanna.
Texts from: the Apostles; Father Keith Beaumont; Brother Christof Betschart; Sébastien Boissenot; Father Dominique Catta; Father Emmanuel Coquet; CSNT; the Evangelists; Father Patrick-Marie Févotte; Jean-Emmanuel Franque; Thomas Geydier; Francois Gondrand; Marie-Luce LeMoine; Father Vincent de Mello; Elizabeth Montfort; Monsignor Éric de Moulins Beaufort; the prophets ; Alice Quentin; DidierRance; the Holy-Spirit; Jerome de Sentenac.