Links
Missionaries of Merciful Love
"I have come to cast fire on the earth"
Membership
To join the Missionaries of Merciful Love you must meet the following requirements:
1. You must be a member of the Catholic Church.
2. You must be a "practicing Catholic," i.e., you love Jesus and attend mass every Sunday and holy day of obligation.
3. You must be at least 18 years of age.
4. You must be willing to commit to the following spiritual practices:
a. Daily contemplative prayer.
b. Daily reading of Scripture.
c. Spreading the name and message of Jesus with an emphasis on Divine Mercy as revealed to St. Faustina Kowalska.
d. Weekly holy hour of Eucharistic Adoration if possible.
e. Monthly silent retreat day (at a retreat house or in your own home) if possible.
f. Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit and use the charismatic gifts you receive from God.
g. MML meetings once a month for prayer and community building if there is a meeting near you.
h. Financially support the Missionaries of Merciful Love community in some way if possible.
i. Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) at least once a month if possible.
j. Annual week of silent retreat (preferrably at a retreat centre but can be done in your own home if necessary) if possible.
k. Willingness to make a Permanent Commitment to the Way of Life of the Missionaries of Merciful Love.
Steps to Joining the Missionaries of Merciful Love:
1. Contact us by filling out our MML Inquiry Form to let us know that you are interested in the possibility of joining the MML.
2. Take the MML 40 Day Spiritual Preparation course.
3. Make a one year MML novitiate.
4. If you are accepted into the MML novitiate year you will be required to make a One Year Commitment to the Way of Life of the Missionaries of Merciful Love.
5. Upon successful completion of the MML novitiate year you will make a public Permanent Commitment to the Way of Life of the Missionaries of Merciful Love in the form shown in our MML Rule of Life
Diving Mercy image copyright The Marians.
Used with permission.
