grace comes often only at a given moment

"... grace comes often only at a given moment; it may perhaps not come again."

An Open Letter to Confused Catholics
By His Grace Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre

On Ecumenism

Works of Mercy

We will be asked for a particular account of the works of mercy we have performed on the Day of Judgment. A work of mercy is a work by which we help our neighbour in his spiritual or corporal needs. Traditional lists of them are:

A. Corporal works of mercy:

1. To give food to the hungry
2. To give drink to the thirsty
3. To give clothing to the naked
4. To give lodging to pilgrims
5. To visit the sick
6. To visit those in prison
7. To bury the dead.

B. Spiritual works of mercy:

1. To give counsel to those in doubt
2. To teach the ignorant
3. To admonish sinners
4. To console the afflicted
5. To forgive offenses
6. To bear patiently with persons who are difficult
7. To pray to God for the living and the dead.

[copied from: The Catechism of St. Pius X - http://www.ewtn.com/library/CATECHSM/PIUSXCAT.htm#Mercy]

Daily Prayer to a Saint

+ Eternal Father, I wish to honor St. ____ and I give You thanks for all the graces You have bestowed upon her/him. I ask You to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I commit the end of my life to her/him by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Your goodness and promise, St. _____ might be my advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour. Amen. +