Surprised? An important part of our Christian duty is to fulfill our mandate to help Jesus save our brothers and sisters. Our Father, in His design of our reality, gave His children a very important part to play in the redemption of their brothers and sisters.
History is filled with amazing stories of conversion, where Jesus Christ uses the prayers, sacrifices, and the sufferings of God’s children and applies them to what Christians call a “change of heart”.
It’s true, I believe, that God gives every soul many chances to turn away from sin and accept His love for them. So, why do some souls reject God’s attempts at drawing them to Himself?
We are responsible, because we are not giving God what He needs to convert all the souls that reject Him. The more we pray, sacrifice, and suffer for conversions, the more Jesus can do to help lost and defiant souls.
Christians are called by Jesus to help their brothers and sisters in many different ways. But none are as important as helping Jesus save souls; for this is the “bottom line” of a soul’s eternal existence.
Do you accept your Christian responsibility to help Jesus save your brothers and sisters?
Here is a short prayer that Jesus gave to Saint Faustina to help save souls. He told her every time she prayed this prayer from her heart He would save a soul.
“O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You”. (Diary 186-187)
Do you think you can memorize this prayer and ask your Guardian angel to remind you to say it throughout your waking hours? Better yet, sit down and pray this prayer 50 or 100 times a day. Don’t have the time? You will make the time if it’s important to you, even if it means giving up some leisure activity.
Your attention to what matter most to God is what’s at stake here, and your decision will be boldly noted in the Heart of God.