Many of us may have concerns about family members and friends who are living a life style displeasing to God, and are wondering if they will go to Heaven when they die.  Guess what?  I have a sure fire solution for saving their souls.  And what I am proposing in this writing is for each of us to save one soul a day.  If we ever run out of family and friends to save, then we could save the ones that the Blessed Mother picks for us.

The solution is found in a book that a Catholic nun in Poland wrote in the 1930’s.  Almost 10 years after Sr. Faustina had entered a religious order, she began writing the diary that Jesus commanded her to write about His Divine Mercy.  It is titled, “Divine Mercy In My Soul – The Diary of Sister M. Faustina Kowalska.”  The contents of the Diary highlight praying for His mercy for ourselves and others, and repenting of our sins.  Also, He wants us to extend His love and forgiveness for us to others.  Lastly, He wants us to know that the more we trust Him, the more graces of mercy we will receive.

The Diary tells us to pray The Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the dying, which is so powerful because Jesus said that He would stand between the wrath of His Father and the dying person to save their soul.  A Dominican priest once told me that since God is timeless, He knew that we would pray this Chaplet for a family member or friend at some point in our life, long after they died; he said that we can go back generations to save souls.  So we should all start praying the Chaplet for family and friends who are dying or have died.  It takes less than ten minutes.  Again, since God is timeless and already has knowledge of all the prayers we will say during our earthly life, we can pray the Chaplet for the living (our children, family and friends) while we are still journeying on this earth, which we will call “praying it forward.”  What a great gift to them and to us because then we will no longer have to be concerned about their eventual destination.  How to pray the Chaplet can be found in the Prayers section on this website.

I personally have been praying Chaplets of Divine Mercy to save souls for many years.  Walking to church, I pray one going and one returning.  I no longer listen to the radio in the car, but I pray a Chaplet or two.  I pray many Chaplets every day.  Many years ago, I told my dear friend Theresa that I had decided to pray 10,000 Chaplets to save souls during the rest of my life.  She looked at me, with her look, and said, “Why would you limit yourself?”  And I’ve never forgotten her words.  She was right.  Since then, I’ve been trying to save as many souls for Christ as I can before I die, and I surely want to pray all my family and friends into the Kingdom.  And I pray that this writing will encourage those reading it to take my request to heart, and begin saving souls of family and friends, one soul at a time.  I invite you to join my unofficial Save a Soul a Day Club to help Jesus bring His children home.