The frequent use of the declaration: “Jesus, I trust in You” will embed in the nurse’s heart and express in action the confidence in God’s mercy that is the essence of The Divine Mercy message. Confidence in God’s mercy is an “accorded right,” obtained by Jesus for those who believe in His Passion, death, burial, and resurrection. By this “accorded right” one is entitled to approach “the throne of grace and mercy” at any moment, in any place, to “obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb 4:16). Trust, then, is not a feeling, but the exercise of the certainty that God is ever faithful to His revealed promises, because, through the sacrifice of Jesus and our union with Him, we have found acceptance with the Father. Trust, then, is our acceptance of that acceptance. It is the total, loving surrender to God’s Providence — His benevolent guidance for our life, because there can be no better provision for us. It is our response in humble faith to that Providence, as was Mary of Nazareth’s at the Annunciation of the coming of the Word of God in human flesh: Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls (1602). Such trust, even in sickness or in the face of death, is able to bring about more happiness than even health could bring. The nurse or doctor assists in the healing of patients, but, at the same time, has the opportunity to offer them a spiritual perspective of life that is able to diminish or end one’s fear of death. 15
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