“There is no sin that cannot be forgiven. In the end, it is the sin of despair than causes us to lose our salvation because we fail to claim God’s mercy with trust. Jesus I trust in you!”
In this edition of A Minute with Mary, Paul reflects on the last moments of life, the importance of trusting in God and intercession of Our Lady.
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At the end of the ‘Hail Mary’ prayer, we ask Mary to prayer for us ‘now, and at the hour of our death’. The time of our death is critical. Even for those who may have neglected their faith throughout their life, salvation is always possible at the last moment. That’s why we must pray for the dying. At the time of our death we must throw ourselves at the mercy of God and TRUST in that mercy. Jesus told St Faustina that the more we trust the more mercy we receive.
We can be sure that Satan the accuser will be hitting us hard with reasons why I should not trust, but remember, God is a bigger Saviour than I am a sinner. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven. In the end, it is the sin of despair than causes us to lose our salvation because we fail to claim God’s mercy with trust. Jesus I trust in you!
But of course lets us not put our salvation at risk by waiting until the last moment. After all it will be very easy to trust in God’s mercy at the moment of death if we have experienced it often throughout our lives! Happy is the person who lives a faithful life and can have a peaceful death by knowing that during his life he asked Mary in the Rosary, countless times – to pray for him now and at the hour of death.
