NINTH DAY OF MERCY NOVENA/STORY
LAST DAY OF THE NOVENA (below) AND A VERY STORT AND INSPIRING STORY
DEATH OF DAD CAME WITH INCREDIBLE TOUCH OF DIVINE MERCY AND PRESENCE OF ANGELS
By Bonnie Lewis
My father, Chet Coldren, died of Alzheimer's disease on December 5th, 2007 -- last Christmastime.
I would like to share my story of an answer to prayer just hours before my father took his last breath.
On the day that I received a call from my sister, Jo, that Dad was failing quickly, Cincinnati was experiencing a terrible ice storm.
I so badly wanted to be at his side but told my sister I wouldn't be able to make the four-hour trip to Canton, Ohio.
I mentioned to her how important it was to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for a dying person. I asked her if she and the other family members who were coming would say it for him. She assured me they would.
After I hung up the phone, I got down on my knees in my bedroom and prayed the Chaplet with tears streaming down my face. When I finished I asked my guardian angel to please take my prayer to the bedside of my dad.
About thirty minutes later, my sister called and said she had an idea: They were going to put me on speaker phone and asked if I would like to lead the Chaplet right now while family members were around my father’s bed? I was thrilled to be able to do this and began the Chaplet.
When I finished my sister asked me if I had heard people coming into the room.
I said that I didn’t hear a thing. She said at first she was upset because right at the beginning of saying the Chaplet two strangers opened the door and walked in. They didn’t say a thing but went right to the bedside of my dad, took out their Rosaries, folded their hands, and began praying the Chaplet along with everyone else.
My sister couldn’t believe they knew the words.
She then passed the phone to my aunt so she could talk with them and find out who they were.
They told her they were from a local church not far away. One was a deacon and the two of them often come on Wednesdays to pray with patients.
When they left, the nurses at the care center came running in to apologize to our family about letting these two people in the room during a very personal and solemn moment.
The nurses said they had never seen them before and didn't know who they were or where they came from.
As soon as I found this out, I knew in my heart that they were angels in disguise. I truly believe one of these two strangers was my Guardian Angel who answered my prayer, and the other one was my father's Guardian Angel. My aunt said she knew immediately the two strangers were angels when they began to pray. She felt a wonderful Holy Presence fill the room while they were there. What a tremendous gift from God! Our dear father received the last rights, was surrounded by angels and family, and died peacefully that evening.
[reminder: Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday]
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Ninth Day"Today bring to Me the Souls who have become Lukewarm,
and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: 'Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy."
Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen
CHAPLET
DEATH OF DAD CAME WITH INCREDIBLE TOUCH OF DIVINE MERCY AND PRESENCE OF ANGELS
By Bonnie Lewis
My father, Chet Coldren, died of Alzheimer's disease on December 5th, 2007 -- last Christmastime.
I would like to share my story of an answer to prayer just hours before my father took his last breath.
On the day that I received a call from my sister, Jo, that Dad was failing quickly, Cincinnati was experiencing a terrible ice storm.
I so badly wanted to be at his side but told my sister I wouldn't be able to make the four-hour trip to Canton, Ohio.
I mentioned to her how important it was to say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for a dying person. I asked her if she and the other family members who were coming would say it for him. She assured me they would.
After I hung up the phone, I got down on my knees in my bedroom and prayed the Chaplet with tears streaming down my face. When I finished I asked my guardian angel to please take my prayer to the bedside of my dad.
About thirty minutes later, my sister called and said she had an idea: They were going to put me on speaker phone and asked if I would like to lead the Chaplet right now while family members were around my father’s bed? I was thrilled to be able to do this and began the Chaplet.
When I finished my sister asked me if I had heard people coming into the room.
I said that I didn’t hear a thing. She said at first she was upset because right at the beginning of saying the Chaplet two strangers opened the door and walked in. They didn’t say a thing but went right to the bedside of my dad, took out their Rosaries, folded their hands, and began praying the Chaplet along with everyone else.
My sister couldn’t believe they knew the words.
She then passed the phone to my aunt so she could talk with them and find out who they were.
They told her they were from a local church not far away. One was a deacon and the two of them often come on Wednesdays to pray with patients.
When they left, the nurses at the care center came running in to apologize to our family about letting these two people in the room during a very personal and solemn moment.
The nurses said they had never seen them before and didn't know who they were or where they came from.
As soon as I found this out, I knew in my heart that they were angels in disguise. I truly believe one of these two strangers was my Guardian Angel who answered my prayer, and the other one was my father's Guardian Angel. My aunt said she knew immediately the two strangers were angels when they began to pray. She felt a wonderful Holy Presence fill the room while they were there. What a tremendous gift from God! Our dear father received the last rights, was surrounded by angels and family, and died peacefully that evening.
[reminder: Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday]
Return to home page www.spiritdaily.com
Ninth Day"Today bring to Me the Souls who have become Lukewarm,
and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: 'Father, take this cup away from Me, if it be Your will.' For them, the last hope of salvation is to run to My mercy."
Most compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pure love, let these tepid souls who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love, and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross: Let them, too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy. Amen
CHAPLET
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